| Acronym | Meaning |
| CML | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| SFFF | Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation |
| WQMP | Water Quality Management Plan |
| STM | Space-translation Method (in Atomic Collision Calcn.) |
| RECP | Relativistic Effective-core Potential |
| VLSIPS | Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis |
| GLIS | Global Land Information System |
| NCP | Net Community Productivity |
| ELF | Environmental Load Factor |