AAAST: African Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology
AASTOM: Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology of Malawi
ACE: American Council on Education
AFDC: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
ANN: artificial neural net
ARSO: African Regional Organization for Standardization
CAD/CAM: computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing
CBSD: component-based software development
CDC: Center for Disease Control
cGMP: current Good Manufacturing Practices
CISS: Common Internet Scheme Syntax
CL: Computational Linguistics
CMC: chemistry, manufacturing and controls
COA: certificate of authority
COBRA: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology
CRO: Contract Research Organization
CTS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CVPR: computer vision and pattern recognition
DF: distribution factor
DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services
DOH: Department of Health
DRC: Data Resource Center
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
ESDA: European Sexual Dysfunction Alliance
FFD: free-form deformation
FFS: Fee For Service
FNR: false negative rate
GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice
HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration
HEAP: Home Energy Assistance Program
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HR: Human Resources
HRT: Heidelberg retina tomograph
HSMWG: Hungarian Sexual Medicine Working Group
ICD: International Classification of Diseases
ILSSM: Israeli Society for Sexual Medicine
IROS: intelligent robots and systems
is: Information Systems