@article{BertzSchoeningMolinnusetal.2024,
  author    = {Bertz, Morten and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Molinnus, Denise and Homma, Takayuki},
  title     = {Influence of temperature, light, and H₂O₂ concentration on microbial spore inactivation: in-situ Raman spectroscopy combined with optical trapping},
  series = {Physica status solidi (a) applications and materials science},
  journal   = {Physica status solidi (a) applications and materials science},
  number    = {Early View},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1862-6319 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.202300866},
  pages     = {8 Seiten},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {To gain insight on chemical sterilization processes, the influence of temperature (up to 70 °C), intense green light, and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) concentration (up to 30\% in aqueous solution) on microbial spore inactivation is evaluated by in-situ Raman spectroscopy with an optical trap. Bacillus atrophaeus is utilized as a model organism. Individual spores are isolated and their chemical makeup is monitored under dynamically changing conditions (temperature, light, and H₂O₂ concentration) to mimic industrially relevant process parameters for sterilization in the field of aseptic food processing. While isolated spores in water are highly stable, even at elevated temperatures of 70 °C, exposure to H₂O₂ leads to a loss of spore integrity characterized by the release of the key spore biomarker dipicolinic acid (DPA) in a concentration-dependent manner, which indicates damage to the inner membrane of the spore. Intensive light or heat, both of which accelerate the decomposition of H₂O₂ into reactive oxygen species (ROS), drastically shorten the spore lifetime, suggesting the formation of ROS as a rate-limiting step during sterilization. It is concluded that Raman spectroscopy can deliver mechanistic insight into the mode of action of H₂O₂-based sterilization and reveal the individual contributions of different sterilization methods acting in tandem.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BertzMolinnusSchoeningetal.2023,
  author    = {Bertz, Morten and Molinnus, Denise and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Homma, Takayuki},
  title     = {Real-time monitoring of H₂O₂ sterilization on individual bacillus atrophaeus spores by optical sensing with trapping Raman spectroscopy},
  series = {Chemosensors},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Chemosensors},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2227-9040},
  doi       = {10.3390/chemosensors11080445},
  pages     = {Artikel 445},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), a strong oxidizer, is a commonly used sterilization agent employed during aseptic food processing and medical applications. To assess the sterilization efficiency with H₂O₂, bacterial spores are common microbial systems due to their remarkable robustness against a wide variety of decontamination strategies. Despite their widespread use, there is, however, only little information about the detailed time-resolved mechanism underlying the oxidative spore death by H₂O₂. In this work, we investigate chemical and morphological changes of individual Bacillus atrophaeus spores undergoing oxidative damage using optical sensing with trapping Raman microscopy in real-time. The time-resolved experiments reveal that spore death involves two distinct phases: (i) an initial phase dominated by the fast release of dipicolinic acid (DPA), a major spore biomarker, which indicates the rupture of the spore's core; and (ii) the oxidation of the remaining spore material resulting in the subsequent fragmentation of the spores' coat. Simultaneous observation of the spore morphology by optical microscopy corroborates these mechanisms. The dependence of the onset of DPA release and the time constant of spore fragmentation on H₂O₂ shows that the formation of reactive oxygen species from H₂O₂ is the rate-limiting factor of oxidative spore death.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BerretzSkorupaSanderetal.2011,
  author    = {Berretz, Frank and Skorupa, Sascha and Sander, Volker and Belloum, Adam and Bubak, Marian},
  title     = {Actor-Driven Workflow Execution in Distributed Environments},
  series = {Euro-Par 2010 Parallel Processing Workshops : HeteroPAR, HPCC, HiBB, CoreGrid, UCHPC, HPCF, PROPER, CCPI, VHPC ; Ischia, Italy, August 31 - September 3, 2010 ; revised selected papers / Mario R. Guarracino ... (eds.)},
  journal   = {Euro-Par 2010 Parallel Processing Workshops : HeteroPAR, HPCC, HiBB, CoreGrid, UCHPC, HPCF, PROPER, CCPI, VHPC ; Ischia, Italy, August 31 - September 3, 2010 ; revised selected papers / Mario R. Guarracino ... (eds.)},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-21877-4},
  pages     = {287 -- 294},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BerretzSkorupaSanderetal.2010,
  author    = {Berretz, Frank and Skorupa, Sascha and Sander, Volker and Belloum, Adam},
  title     = {Towards an actor-driven workflow management system for grids},
  series = {Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems},
  journal   = {Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {Piscataway, NJ},
  isbn      = {978-1-4244-6619-1},
  doi       = {10.1109/CTS.2010.5478458},
  pages     = {611 -- 616},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Currently, most workflow management systems in Grid environments provide push-oriented job distribution strategies, where jobs are explicitly delegated to resources. In those scenarios the dedicated resources execute submitted jobs according to the request of a workflow engine or Grid wide scheduler. This approach has various limitations, particularly if human interactions should be integrated in workflow execution. To support human interactions with the benefit of enabling inter organizational computation and community approaches, this poster paper proposes the idea of a pull-based task distribution strategy. Here, heterogeneous resources, including human interaction, should actively select tasks for execution from a central repository. This leads to special demands regarding security issues like access control. In the established push-based job execution the resources are responsible for granting access to workflows and job initiators. In general this is done by access control lists, where users are explicitly mapped to local accounts according to their policies. In the pull-based approach the resources actively apply for job executions by sending requests to a central task repository. This means that every resource has to be able to authenticate against the repository to be authorized for task execution. In other words the authorization is relocated from the resources to the repository. The poster paper introduces current work regarding to the mentioned security aspects in the pull-based approach within the scope of the project "HiX4AGWS".},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BerneckerKlierSternetal.2018,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas and Klier, Julia and Stern, Sebastian and Thiel, Lea},
  title     = {Sustaining high performance beyond public-sector pilot projects.},
  number    = {September 2018},
  organization    = {McKinsey\&Company},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BerneckerBoyerGathmann2021,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas and Boyer, Pierre C. and Gathmann, Christina},
  title     = {The Role of Electoral Incentives for Policy Innovation: Evidence from the US Welfare Reform},
  series = {American Economic Journal: Economic Policy},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {American Economic Journal: Economic Policy},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Economic Association},
  address   = {Nashville, Tenn.},
  issn      = {1945-774X},
  doi       = {10.1257/pol.20190690},
  pages     = {26 -- 57},
  year      = {2021},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Bernecker2010,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas},
  title     = {A European Private Company: Is Europe's single legal form for SMEs close to approval?},
  series = {Research Briefing},
  journal   = {Research Briefing},
  publisher = {Deutsche Bank Research},
  address   = {Frankfurt a. M.},
  issn      = {2193-5955},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {This Research Briefing, issued in July 2010, concluded that: - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe have long called for a matching legal form valid across the EU (similar to that of the European company (SE) for large firms) - The main benefits would be the availability of uniform Europe-wide company structures, significant cost reductions for businesses and further integration of the internal market - Given the differing national views regarding the concrete features of the new legal form there is currently no sign of an agreement being reached at the European level in the short term; however, it is possible that progress will be made in negotiations during the year - The key issues being discussed in depth are company formation, transnationality and employee participation rights in the new European private company (SPE).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Bernecker2016,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas},
  title     = {Divided we reform? Evidence from US welfare policies},
  series = {Journal of Public Economics},
  volume    = {142},
  journal   = {Journal of Public Economics},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0047-2727},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.08.003},
  pages     = {24 -- 38},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that, under divided government, a US state is around 25\% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified government. Several robustness checks confirm this counter-intuitive finding. Case study evidence suggests an explanation based on policy competition between governor, senate, and house.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Bernecker2014,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas},
  title     = {Do politicians shirk when reelection is certain? Evidence from the German parliament},
  series = {European Journal of Political Economy},
  volume    = {36},
  journal   = {European Journal of Political Economy},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0176-2680},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.07.001},
  pages     = {55 -- 70},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political shirking? For a micro-analysis of this question, I construct a new data set spanning the years 2005 to 2012 covering biographical and political information about German Members of Parliament (MPs), including their attendance rates in voting sessions. For the parliament elected in 2009, I show that indeed opposition party MPs who expect to face a close race in their district show significantly and relevantly lower absence rates in parliament beforehand. MPs of governing parties seem not to react significantly to electoral competition. These results are confirmed by an analysis of the parliament elected in 2005, by several robustness checks, and also by employing an instrumental variable strategy exploiting convenient peculiarities of the German electoral system. The study also shows how MPs elected via party lists react to different levels of electoral competition.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Bernecker2014,
  author    = {Bernecker, Andreas},
  title     = {Divided Government and the Adoption of Economic Reforms},
  series = {CESifo DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparison},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {CESifo DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparison},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Ifo Institute for Economic Research},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  issn      = {1612-0663},
  pages     = {47 -- 52},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}