Points to Consider about Recruitment and Retention While Preparing a Clinical Research Study The following âpoints to considerâ are meant to serve as a resource as investigators plan a clinical research study and an NIMH grant application. These âpointsâ outline common issues that can impact clinical recruitment and retention, and where
ungrateful-not feeling or showing gratitude; ungrateful heirs; How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!- Shakespeare. thankless, unthankful. grateful, thankful-feeling or showing gratitude; a grateful heart; grateful for the tree's shade; a thankful smile.
Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable. These adjectives describe what inspires or deserves pity. Something pathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: a most earnest ... entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you (Charles Dickens).Both pitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: She told a most pitiful story (Samuel Butler).lso paâ¢thetâ²iâ¢cal, 1. causing or evoking pity, either sympathetically or contemptibly; pitiful: a pathetic sight; a pathetic return on our investment. 2. sad; sorrowful; mournful: a pathetic tone of voice. pathÄticus pathÄtikos pathÄtikÃ³s = sensitive(pathÄt) os Ã³s made or liable, to. suffer. v adj of paschein + -pÃ¡schein-to ]. suffer ikos ic