| Acronym | Meaning |
| POCV | Pair Orthogonality Constrained Variation Method |
| MDEQ | Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality |
| WHSV | Wt. Hourly Space Velocity |
| HSA | Headspace Analysis |
| ATRA | All-trans-retinoic Acid |
| DCTS | Discharging Current Transient Spectroscopy |
| OPW | Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| WSC | Water Soluble Carbohydrate |
| IRES | Infrared Emission Spectroscopy |
| GCEMC | Grand Canonical Ensemble Monte Carlo |