Without a loss of generality, we can write the system in such a way that all the delays have equal duration, and therefore (E z)) is a multiple of the identity.
In the relay phase, each relay u r, u r ∈ [1,…,m r ], transmits a point-to-point codeword r u r of length L to the destination, also satisfying H p r u r = 0. Hence, all slots have equal duration, the coding rate of the point-to-point channels is R c, p = K L, and the overall coding rate is R c = m s K ( m s + m r ) L = R c, p m s m s + m r.
The standards had the same fundamental frequency or F0 (272 Hz), and were adjusted to have equal duration (330 ms) and average sound energy or root-mean-square (RMS) power.
This seems unlikely since, upon debriefing, observers reported not to have been aware of the fact that the vast majority of visual targets actually had equal durations.
We assume a constant Rabi rate (Omega_{0}) so that each correction segment has equal duration (tau_{2pi} = 2pi/Omega_{0}).
Control subjects were assigned the same index date as the patients, thus ensuring that case subjects and matched control subjects had equal duration of follow-up before the index date.
By definition, all controls were alive, had no previous diagnosis of bladder cancer, and were registered with their general practice when they were matched to a given case, and thus had equal duration of medical history information at the risk set date.
The average PSE was −40.3 ms (SEM = ± 6.7 ms), which is significantly different from zero, t(10) = −5.98, p <.01, indicating that, on average, observers perceived the targets as having equal duration when the visual stimulus paired with the sound was, in fact, about 40 ms longer.
The average PSE was −48.8 ms (SEM = ± 13.2 ms), which is significantly different from zero, t(10) = −3.70, p <.01, indicating that, on average, observers perceived our visual and auditory targets as having equal duration when the visual stimulus was, in fact, about 50 ms longer.
