INTRODUCTION The ARCHITECT Anti-HCV assay is a fully automated high throughput chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) for the detection of antibodies to structural and nonstructural proteins of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). To further enhance the performance of this test, the assay was modified to improve the specificity for blood donor specimens. METHODS The specificity of the enha...

Determination of the concentration of human luteinizing hormone plays an important role for the prediction of ovulation, evaluation of infertility, diagnosis of pituitary and gonadal disorders and in the differential diagnosis of puberty disorders. The ARCHITECT LH chemiluminescent-immunoassay for the quantitative determination of luteinizing hormone in human serum and plasma serves this clinic...

This paper discusses the work of the software architect by describing a software architect’s concerns and the documents that a software architect should produce. It proposes a definition of software architecture and discusses archtectural design criteria based on the idea that every architecture is expected to meet a specified set of goals. We start with a discussion of the meaning of “architec...