Height was measured to the nearest millimetre using portable gauges (Seca, Germany), with the subject in a standing position, without shoes.
After soldering the lead wires, all wiring was tested for any defects using an Ohm metre and portable strain gauge indicators.
Predicted normal values were determined using the equations reported by Duarte et al. 14 Maximal expiratory (PEmax) and inspiratory (PImax) pressures were measured at the mouth using a portable pressure gauge (Indumed, São Paulo, Brazil) applied under static conditions following the method proposed by Black and Hyatt.
One, also reported at the sports medicine meeting, involved 74 adults, young and old, who wore an armband accelerometer and a portable oxygen-consumption gauge while walking, jogging, riding a stationary bicycle, windmilling an arm ergometer, and completing so-called activities of daily living, like lifting boxes and sweeping.
Designated community observers were educated on how to measure the portable plastic rain gauges that were marked by different colors: green for water height between 75 and 100 mm; yellow for water height between 100 and 150 mm; and red for water height of 150 mm or above.
Insert presetting on the boring-bar is carried out with the help of a portable Vee-block insert setting gauge on the horizontal boring-bar. .
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (sbp and dbp, respectively) were measured using portable standardized electronic blood pressure gauges (#HEM629; Omron, Tokyo, Japan).
A handy device to have around the garage is a portable tire inflator available wherever tire pressure gauges are sold.
Their sensitivity is much more higher compared with resistance gauges, allowing low-price electronic portable equipment for outdoor measurements.
The incubator would have to be portable and cleanable, include a viewing window and use an intuitive temperature gauge rather than a numerical thermometer (they settled on a red/green light indicator).
