BACKGROUND Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody is emerging as an important diagnostic marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated the analytical and diagnostic performance of the ARCHITECT anti-CCP (Abbott Diagnostics), a new fully automated chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay. METHODS Serum samples from 69 patients with RA and 86 non-RA patients were used to evalua...

Eight hundred and three samples from a single HCV antibody negative diagnostic population were tested on the Abbott ARCHITECT HCV Ag assay. All samples initially reactive were retested in duplicate. Samples repeatedly reactive were tested for HCV RNA to determine the true status. Samples that were confirmed as positive were excluded from the specificity and negative delta calculations. A total ...

This article investigates the responsibility of architectural drawing in developing professional identity modern architects late 1920s when Chinese started to emerge and assume title “architect.” Using as both its subject method, this research interrogates how a representative figure – Liu Jipiao employed power establish architect. paper argues that drawing, establishing architect, faced requir...

Abstract Choice architecture describes the environment in which choices are presented to decision-makers. In recent years, public and private actors have looked at choice with great interest as they seek influence human behaviour. These typically called architects. Increasingly, however, this role of architecting is not performed by a architect, but an algorithm or artificial intelligence, powe...

When designing a secure software architecture, the architect must take possible evolution of the system and its environment into account. Inevitably, during the lifetime of the application, changes will occur that reduce the security of the system. It is crucial that these changes are anticipated, and that they can be accomodated with minimal impact on the architecture. This report introduces t...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the analytical performance of the Abbott ARCHITECT Tacrolimus immunoassay. Proficiency panels and specimens from a population of organ transplant recipients were analyzed in 6 clinical laboratories in Europe and the United States, and the results were compared with other methods. The ARCHITECT assay requires a whole blood specimen pretreatment step wi...

Collins, Colorado 80524, USA. Phone: [970] 498 2334, Fax: [970] 221 3124, Email: [email protected] The use of the wind tunnel as a building design tool has become much more commonplace in recent years. Its effective use requires close coordination between the architect, the structural engineer and the wind engineer, with the architect traditionally serving as project leader. Many structural ...