Tuning of Magnetic Activity in Spin-Filter Josephson Junctions Towards Spin-Triplet Transport.

The study of superconductor-ferromagnet interfaces has generated great interest in the last decades, leading to the observation of spin-aligned triplet supercurrents and 0-π transitions in Josephson junctions where two superconductors are separated by an itinerant ferromagnet. Recently, spin-filter Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic barriers have shown unique transport properties, when compared to standard metallic ferromagnetic junctions, due to the intrinsically nondissipative nature of the tunneling process. Here we present the first extensive characterization of spin polarized Josephson junctions down to 0.3 K, and the first evidence of an incomplete 0-π transition in highly spin polarized tunnel ferromagnetic junctions. Experimental data are consistent with a progressive enhancement of the magnetic activity with the increase of the barrier thickness, as neatly captured by the simplest theoretical approach including a nonuniform exchange field. For very long junctions, unconventional magnetic activity of the barrier points to the presence of spin-triplet correlations.

Spin-orbit coupling and anomalous Josephson effect in nanowires.

A superconductor-semiconducting nanowire-superconductor heterostructure in the presence of spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field can support a supercurrent even in the absence of phase difference between the superconducting electrodes. We investigate this phenomenon­the anomalous Josephson effect­employing a model capable of describing many bands in the normal region. We discuss the geometrical and symmetry conditions required to have a finite anomalous supercurrent, and in particular we show that this phenomenon is enhanced when the Fermi level is located close to a band opening in the normal region.

[Liver transplant in children: comments and legislative proposal]. / Trapianto di fegato nel bambino: considerazioni e proposta legislativa.

Having examined the literature on this subject, the authors raise the problem of segmentary liver transplant from a liver donor to a pediatric patient. They evaluate the current Italian legislation regarding the donation of organs and on the basis of foreign experience they draft a possible amendment to the law currently in force.

[Comparative study of 24-hour continuous gastric pH-measurements in healthy people and in patients with pancreatic neoplasms treated with duodeno-pancreatic head resection]. / Studio comparativo delle pHmetrie endogastriche continue nelle 24 ore tra soggetti sani e patologici, sottoposti a cefaloduodenopancreasectomia per neoplasia pancreatica.

The Authors compare pH measurements taken over a 24-h period to monitor, using an original method, a sample group of 11 healthy subject and a series of patients suffering from gastroenteropancreatic diseases. The data obtained confirm the utility of the functional study of gastrointestinal secretion.

[Continuous 24-hour intragastric pH monitoring. A new model of interpretation]. / La pHmetria endogastrica continua sulle 24 ore. Nuovo modello d'interpretazione.

Using the study as a basis for a novel interpretation of the pH-metric curve, the paper reports the results of a study carried out in a sample group of 11 normo-secretory subjects (students from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery). The pH-metric curve was assessed over 24 hours using a portable pH measuring device.