| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| HT | Herzberg-Teller (wave Functions) |
| SADPT | Symmetry-adapted Double Perturbation Theory |
| PIRU | Public Information Reference Unit |
| SAC | Self-Aligned Contact |
| UA | United Atom |
| QPCR | Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SCPT | Self-consistent-perturbation Theory |
| OGE | One Gluon Exchange |
| RMTA | Rigid Muffin-tin Approxn. |