| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIMS | Near-IR Mapping Spectrometer |
| GDC | Glow Discharge Cleaning |
| PACAP | Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptide |
| GSJ | Geological Survey Of Japan |
| GIXS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering |
| VLE | Vapor-liquid Equilibrium |
| PHF | Perturbative Hartree-Fock |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
| VSM | Vascular Smooth Muscle |
| UPOT | Union Pacific Oxidation Test |