| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCD | Counter Current Decantation |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
| AMI | Active Microwave Instrument |
| MNDO/H | MNDO For H-bonded Systems |
| CSHO | Compliance Safety & Health Officer |
| SWA | Slow-wave Activity |
| TEAS | Thermal Energy Atom Scattering |
| PNRA | Photon-tagged Nuclear Reaction Analysis |
| CP-LSDA | Car-Parrinello Local Spin Density Functional |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (French Space Center) |