| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOFSUW | Biodegradable Organic Fraction Of Solid Urban Waste |
| SVESS | Selected Valence-electron Split-shell Method (MO) |
| PEM | Pacific Exploratory Measurements |
| GCLSDA | Gradient-corrected Local Spin Density Approximation |
| SXPS | Soft X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| LPVD | Laser Physical Vapor Deposition |
| ETS | External Transcribed Spacer |
| ELEED | Elastic Low Energy Electron Diffraction |
| IGOSS | Integrated Global Ocean Services System |
| HEPES | N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic Acid |