| Acronym | Meaning |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| G-CSF | Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor |
| VPAM | Variable Phase Amplitude Method (for Electron-atom Scattering) |
| CRHF | Complex-restricted Hartree-Fock |
| SD-POE | Sigma-dependent Pi-orbital Electronegativity Model |
| KHP | Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate |
| BCRW | Bridge Contacted Ridge Waveguide |
| CSRR | Coupled-state Rigid-rotor |
| PVR | Pulmonary Vascular Resistance |
| RBL | Rat Basophilic Leukemia |