2.) States are the primary actors in international politics. Those states can be treated like rational, unitary acting bodies. No loviathen or international legislation that makes nations comply. If they do comply it is because it is in their own self-interest / they want to.
tonofilament[tonâ²Å-filâ²Ä-ment] 1. A structural cytoplasmic protein, of a class known as intermediate filaments, bundles of which together form a tonofibril; a tonofilament is made up of a variable number of related proteins, keratins, and is found in all epithelial cells, but is particularly well developed in the epidermis.
Inside of a bone showing the trabecular structure. A trabecula (plural trabeculae, from Latin for small beam) is a small, often microscopic, tissue element in the form of a small beam, strut or rod, generally having a mechanical function, and usually composed of dense collagenous tissue (such as the trabecula of the spleen).