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.
An aneroid barometer is a more compact instrument for measuring pressure. It consists of a box of partially exhausted air which expands and contracts as the pressure falls and rises. The box is connected through a system of levers to a pointer which, in conjunction with a dial, indicates the pressure.