| Acronym | Meaning |
| HFB | Hybrid Fluidized Bed |
| IAHE | International Association For Hydrogen Energy |
| NPCR | Nonlinear Principal Components Regression |
| BFU-E | Burst-forming Unit-erythroid |
| RAA | Rigid-atom Approxn. (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| CINC | Cytokine-induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant |
| SECM | Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy |
| MSP | Macrophage Stimulating Protein |
| SPE | Solid Phase Extraction |
| MITI | Ministry Of International Trade And Industry (Japan) |