| Acronym | Meaning |
| BS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| GDP | Glow Discharge Plasma (for Atomic Emission Spectrometry) |
| AIMD | Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics |
| IPC | Ischemic Preconditioning |
| MCSTEP | Multiconfigurational Spin-tensor Electron Propagator |
| RTPM | Real-time Polarization Modulation |
| NER | Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| UOFMN | Unified Organically Functionalized Mesoporous Network |
| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute |
| USPC | Unoccupied-states Potential Correction |