Tuesday, November 30, 2010

New 10 terms

PTR-MS
proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry

LIFS
laser- induced fluorescence spectroscopy

TDLS
tunable diode laser spectroscopy

PAS
photoacoustic spectroscopy

SIFT-MS
selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

AHMT
4-amino-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-4H-1,2,4-triazole

SBS
Sick Building Syndrome

DDL
dihydropyridine 3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydrolutidine

SER
specific emission rate

FLEC
field and laboratory emission cell

CARB
California Air Resources Board

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

New 10 terms

YCH
yuehchukene

LOAEL
lowest observable adverse effect level

NOEL
no observed effect level

PF
phenol-formaldehyde

MUPF
melamine-urea-phenol-formaldehyde

OSB
oriented-strand board

HDF
high-density fiber board

MDF
medium- density fiber board

PCH
4-phenylcyclohexane

GW
glass wool

Monday, November 22, 2010

New 10 terms

GB
gas-phase basicity

MEA
monoethanolamine

DMEA
dimethylethanolamine

HILIC
hydrophilic interaction chromatography

BIM
bisindolylmethane

bupy
1-butylpyridinium

DMFDMA
dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal

HMTAB
hexamethylenetetraamine-bromine

TCT
trichloro-1,3,5-triazine

TIM
trisindolylmethane

Friday, November 19, 2010

New 10 terms

PT
proton transfer

EVB
empirical valence bond

HB
hydrogen bond

AIMD
ab initio molecular dynamics

ICD
intermolecular Coulombic decay

PAW
projector augmented wave

CR
charged ring

DEM
dimethyl malonate

MN
malononitrile

PA
proton affinity

Thursday, November 18, 2010

New 10 terms

ITR
integrated transdisciplinary research

NPV
nucleopolyhedrosis virus

COMPASS
condensed-phase optimized molecular potentials of atomistic simulation studies

DMPI
1,1-dimethylpiperidinium

HV
Vickers hardness

MM3
molecular mechanics force field 3

EASL
European Association for the Study of the Liver

NIBR
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

NSRDEC
Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center

OLSA
Office of Local Section Activities

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

New 10 terms

HEK
human embryonic kidney

MDO
mannosylated dendrimer overalbumin

NCAFM
noncontact atomic force microscopy

TPI
two-photon ionization

LMWG
low molecular weight gelator

ALS
aromatic-linker-steroid

DMTST
dimethyl(methylthio)sulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonate

IDCP
iodonium dicollidine perchlorate

BATTLE
BiomarkerIntegrated Approaches of Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer Elimination

SDI
Strategic Directions International

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

New 10 terms

CFMR
continuous-flow membranes reactor

DEN
dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticle

PD
pharmacodynamic

PK
pharmacokinetic

PBMC
peripheral blood mononuclear cell

DCC
dendritic cell

TDD
transdermal drug delivery

AM
air mass

DEA
dielectric analysis

DOT
dendritic oligothiophene

Monday, November 15, 2010

New 10 terms

AV
adenovirus

BVDU
5- bromovinyl-2′-deoxyuridine

AZU
3′-azido-3′-deoxyuridine

TPS
(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)sulfonyl

AICA
aminoimidazolecarboxamide

DSR
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy

NIF
National Ignition Facility

REDOR
rotational-echo-double-resonance

ANS
1-naphthalene sulfonate

CID-MS
collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry

Friday, November 12, 2010

New 10 terms

MEP
Manufacturing Extension Partnership

AWRI
Australian Wine Research Institute

EERS
edge excitation red shift

F-CESD
Franck-Condon excited-state distribution

SIR
sterically induced reduction

BIR
base-induced reaction

SCRF
self-consistent reaction field

NRP
Nuclear Posture Review

START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

EMCV
encephalomyocarditis virus

Thursday, November 11, 2010

New 10 terms

DMN
4-N,N-dimethylaminobenzylidenemalononitrile

TTP
tricapped trigonal prism

AGLU
American Civil Liberties Union

ODC
oxygen depolarized cathode

IPIC
International Petroleum Investment Company

ZFP
zinc finger protein

ZFN
zinc finger nuclease

AMDE
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion

TIH
toxic inhalation hazards

PTC
positive train control

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

New 10 terms

QN
quinine

RAIRS
reflection adsorption infrared spectroscopy

TA
tartaric acid

TFAP
2,2,2-trifluoroacetophenone

IMDA
intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction

AROCM
asymmetric ring-opening cross-metathesis

ACM
asymmetric cross-metathesis

ECR
electrochemical current rectifier

HDT
hexadecanethiol

UTI
urinary tract infection

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

New 10 terms

BH
Baylis-Hillman

CFBR
continuous fixed-bed reactor

PPD
1-phenylpropane-1,2-dione

CN
cinchonine

EtLt
ethyl lactate

EtPy
ethyl pyruvate

IC
intermediate complex

KPL
ketopantolactone

MPEG
poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether

MR
Mukaiyama's reagent

Monday, November 8, 2010

New 10 terms

FFCF
frequency-frequency correlation function

KTP
potassium titanyl phosphate

EWOD
electrowetting-on-dielectric

ABC
antibody binding capacity

CTC
circulating tumor cell

PFU
plaque-forming unit

PAPP
p-aminophenyl phoshate

RCA
Ricinus communis agglutinin

PSR
temperature-programmed surface reaction

ED
enantiodifferentiation

Friday, November 5, 2010

New 10 terms

GNM
Gaussian network model

ANM
anisotropic network model

ENM
elastic network model

IMP
integral membrane protein

PC
principal component

NMF
normal mode following

BNM
block normal mode

LGIC
ligand-gated ion channel

TCF
time-correlation function

ES
electronic structure

Thursday, November 4, 2010

New 10 terms

TAA
thioacetamide

CMS
Chandler, McCoy, and Singer

SCFT
self-consistent field theory

cDFT
classical density functional theory

TCPSC
time-correlated single photon counting

CFD
constant fraction discriminator

MCA
multichannel analyzer

NMA
normal mode analysis

EDA
essential dynamics analysis

MWC
Monod-Wyman-Changeux

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

New 10 terms

TBOT
tetrabutoxy orthotitanate

TEOT
tetraethoxy orthotitanate

CBE
conduction band energy

CFE
carbon fiber electrode

ICPE
incident photoconversion efficiency

HOP
homogeneous oxidation-precipitation

EC
electrochemical capacitor

FED
field emission display

LSMCD
liquid-source misted chemical deposition

SEE
secondary electron emission

Monday, November 1, 2010

New 10 terms

ILDA
intensified linear diode array

SIM
single mass fragment

MCR
multivariate curve resolution

COW
correlation optimized warping

ANOVA
analysis of variance

OPA
orthogonal projection approach

PARAFAC
parallel factor analysis

PTW
parametric time warping

PWA
piecewise alignment

RAFA
rank annihilation factor analysis