| Acronym | Meaning |
| SERI | Solar Energy Research Institute |
| MDA | Metal Deactivator |
| VSM | Vascular Smooth Muscle |
| QMAR | Quantitative Migration-activity Relationship |
| MVT | Mississippi Valley-type |
| GLS | Generalized Least Squares |
| MIDAS | Microimaging Dust Analysis System |
| EEF GTO | Electric Field Gradient Gaussian-type Orbital |
| SMD | Sauter Mean Diameter |
| HPTP | Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |