| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| NPTOC | Nonpurgeable Total Organic Carbon |
| CTDO | Conductivity-Temperature-Depth-Oxygen Profiler |
| NICA | Nonideal Competitive Adsorption |
| MBESO | Maximum Bond Energy Symmetry Orbital |
| THEES | Total Human Environmental Exposure Study |
| QFT | Quantum Field Theory |
| BIXE | Bombardment-induced X-ray Emission |
| CRABP | Cellular Retinoic Acid-binding Protein |
| PSL | Photostimulated Luminescence |