| Acronym | Meaning |
| YSZ | Yttria-stabilized Zirconia |
| CRAVE | Carcinogen Risk Verification Effort (EPA) |
| VDRE | Vitamin D-responsive Element |
| HGP | Hepatic Glucose Production |
| CNRS | Centre Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| ERDA | US Energy Research And Development Administration |
| SPPS | Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis |
| UW-PG | Uniformly Weighted Planar Grid (method In Calcns. Of Electron-momentum Distributions) |
| PEMFC | Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell |
| CLEVER | Clinical Laboratory For Evaluation And Validation Of Epidemiologic Research |