| Acronym | Meaning |
| TBC | Thermal Barrier Coating |
| NOD | Nonobese Diabetic |
| SEMC | Scaled Ensemble Monte Carlo |
| GD-OES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| MINTEQA2 | Metal Speciation Equilibrium For Surface And Ground Water |
| LSDXS-SIC | Local-spin-density (with) Screened Exchange (and) Self-interactiond Correction |
| SBDD | Structure-based Drug Design |
| PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic Acid |
| TLEV | Transition Low Emission Vehicle |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |