| Acronym | Meaning |
| NMSC | Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| PSB | Photosynthetic Bacteria |
| SBS | Sick Building Syndrome |
| FDM | Finite-difference Method |
| ICAPES | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Emission Spectrometry |
| SSMBE | Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| SCAG | Southern California Association Of Governments |
| GHF | Generalized Hartree-Fock Method |
| AHRQ | Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality |
| AMR | Anisotropic Magnetoresistance |