“…21 This implies a ratio T c /Θ D ≈ 0.3, which corresponds to a temperature range where no deviation from linearity is observed in the most common metals. The problems involved in this assumption have been often overcome by the measurement of the in-field paraconductivity ∆σ (B, T ) = 1/ρ a (B, T )−1/ρ a (0, T ), 8,9,10,11,12,13,22,23,24,25,26,27 but in principle a drawback in this approach is the possible presence of ordinary magnetoresistance effects, which add to superconducting fluctuations. 25 On the other hand, it has been recently reported 12 that the simple assumption of a linear T dependence leads to the same conclusions.…”