| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIEMP | Ab Initio Environment Model Potential |
| VBS | Virtual Bound State Model |
| FRM | Federal Reference Method |
| CP-LSDA | Car-Parrinello Local Spin Density Functional |
| FMAP | Fano-Macek Alignment Parameter (in Electron-impact Excitation Of Ions) |
| PAF | Platelet Activating Factor |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| NIRA | Near Infrared Reflection Analysis |
| SS | Sewage Sludge |
| MIRA | Multivariate Image Rank Analysis |