| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCC | Calibration Check Compounds |
| RSPA | Research And Special Programs Administration (Dept. Of Transportation) |
| MASE | Microwave-assisted Solvent Extraction |
| VSMC | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell |
| LIDAR | Laser Intensity Direction And Ranging |
| BAT | Brown Adipose Tissue |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| HFRR | High Frequency Reciprocating Rig |
| XRFA | X-ray Fluorescence Analysis |
| MTES | Metastable Transfer Emission Spectroscopy |