The COVID-19 Pandemic - A Global Public Health Crisis: A Brief Overview Regarding Pharmacological Interventions

WHO reported that viral diseases remain as an international public health concern.Quite a lot of viral outbreaks such as the SARS coronavirus from 2002 to 2003, H1N1 influenza in 2009, and the MERS syndrome coronavirus in 2012, in the last two decades.The recent outburst of COVID-19 disease has to turn out a global public health catastrophe that ha

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A Custom-Built Piezo-Optical System for Visualization and Characterization of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a noninvasive treatment technique to induce thermal or mechanical bioeffects.Characterising the wave field is essential for reliable and reproducible transducer operation in clinical use.This paper presents a schlieren technique to visualise and quantify transducer wave fields.The technique is 3 Piece Kin

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Atypical Pityriasis Rosea with Unilateral Presentation

Pityriasis Rosea (PR) is a common skin disease and characterized by generalized scaly eruptions typically on the trunk and proximal extremities.Atypical presentations of PR are common and can be a diagnostic challenge for clinicians.Here we present a case of a 26- year-old female who presented with a sudden onset of several asymptomatic, erythemato

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