Cats were weighed weekly, at the same time of day using a digital scale (Digital Weight Scales, model LC 50, Marte, São Paulo, SP).
Height was measured to the nearest 1 cm using a digital ultrasound instrument, and weight was measured to the nearest 0.1 kg in light clothing and without shoes using standard digital scales (Soehnle-Waagen GmbH, Nassau, Germany).
Finally, the sample disks of stems, branches, and leaves were oven dried at Mekelle University Forestry laboratory at a temperature of 105 °C until a constant weight were achieved and measured for their dry weight using a digital sensitive balance with a precision 0.1 g.
Afterward, the sample was weighed using a digital balance in which the weight measurement was used as an input in the electrical conductivity measurement.
At delivery, trained nurses measured birth weight using a digital scale.
Trained nurses in the delivery room routinely measured birth weight using a digital scale at birth and recorded it on the patient's medical charts.
Evaluations included measurements of weight (using a digital scale), standing height (standing height was the mean of three measurements with a Harpenden stadiometer) and pubertal status graded according to Marshall and Tanner.
For each child, axillary temperature was measured using a digital thermometer, and height and weight were measured to the nearest 0.1 cm and 0.1 kg using Leicester portable fixed base stadiometers and electronic balances, respectively.
Variables measured included: individual number and size, stem length, number of inflorescences and inflorescence height (measured in loco), number of fruits per inflorescence, number of seeds per fruit, seed diameter and weight, using a digital calliper and an electronic scale (measured/counted at the laboratory).
