| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPD | Multiphoton Dissociation |
| PEDS | Plasma-enhanced Deposition System |
| CSA | Charge Sensitivity Analysis |
| BAT | Brown Adipose Tissue |
| LAESA | Laser Ablation Emission Spectrochemical Analysis |
| APES | Atomic Plasma Emission Spectroscopy |
| TPO | Temperature-programmed Oxidiation |
| PM3 | Third-parametric Method |
| MRSPT | Modified Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory |
| DXA | Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry |