Oral cancer, primarily oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), continues to be a major global health problem with high incidence and low survival rates. While the major risk factors for this malignancy, mostly lifestyle related, have been identified, around 15% of oral cancer cases remain unexplained. In light of evidence implicating bacteria in the aetiology of some cancer types, several epidemio...

The aim of this study was to describe the trajectory and the outcomes of speech-language therapy in PraderWilli syndrome through a longitudinal study of the case of an 8-year-old boy, along four years of speechlanguage therapy follow-up. The therapy sessions were filmed and documental analysis of information from the child’s records regarding anamnesis, evaluation and speech-language therapy re...

The aim of this study was to describe the trajectory and the outcomes of speech-language therapy in Prader-Willi syndrome through a longitudinal study of the case of an 8 year-old boy, along four years of speech-language therapy follow-up. The therapy sessions were filmed and documental analysis of information from the child's records regarding anamnesis, evaluation and speech-language therapy ...

PURPOSE This study examined the relation between African American preschoolers' use of African American English (AAE) and their language and emergent literacy skills in an effort to better understand the perplexing and persistent difficulties many African American children experience learning to read proficiently. METHOD African American preschoolers' (n = 63) vocabulary skills were assessed ...

Oral history is both a method of gathering information and an important source historical data in social public history. The narratives individuals are not only exploited to find facts or “additional” details grand narrative but uncover the meaning individuals’ stories for broader context. That shift has made oral increasingly interdisciplinary research method. However, compared with popularity...