| Acronym | Meaning |
| NGV | Natural Gas Vehicle |
| DDSC | Dynamic Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| IEG | Immediate Early Gene |
| NLPLS | Nonlinear Partial Least Squares |
| EDC | Endocrine Disrupting Chemical |
| MPY | Miles Per Year |
| QAEM | Quality Assurance For Environmental Measurements |
| HUVEC | Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell |
| CARBASHD | Carbon-relayed Band-selected Homonuclear-decoupled |
| VESCF | Variable Electronegativity Self-consistent Field |