“…As reported previously [1][2][3][4], the magnetic properties and conductivity behavior of the manganite sample (La 0.33 Sm 0.67 ) 0.67 Sr 0.33À x Ba x MnO 3 , with x¼0.0, containing no Ba 2 þ ions, characterized by the phase-transition temperature T C ¼205 K, are significantly different from those of the samples containing rather large amount of Ba ions, with x¼0.13, 0.23, and 0.33, characterized by T C ¼ 127 K, 112 K, and 96 K, respectively [1]. This indicates that T C decreases sharply from 205 to 127 K for a rather small Ba doping of x¼0.…”