Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. On the Quantification of Habitability: Current Approaches

   • Rolando Cárdenas, Rosmery Nodarse-Zulueta, Noel Perez, Daile Avila-Alonso, Osmel Martin

   Pages 1-8

3. The Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling: The Universe as a Case Study

   • Ailier Rivero-Acosta, Adrian Linares-Rodriguez, Carlos R. Fadragas

   Pages 9-18

4. Enlarging Simple Ecological Models: Subspecies, Hidden Symmetries and Their Implications

   • Osmel Martin, Noel Perez-Diaz, Rolando Cárdenas, J. E. Horvath

   Pages 19-27

5. Multi-agent Question-Answering System

   • Anastasia Mochalova, Vladimir Mochalov

   Pages 29-39

6. Seeding Programming

   • Vladimir Mochalov

   Pages 41-55

7. Schwarzschild Metric Disturbed by the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe

   • Adrian Linares-Rodríguez, Carlos R. Fadragas, Ailier Rivero-Acosta

   Pages 57-66

8. Potential Changes on Anammox Activity After Chicxulub Asteroid Impact

   • Noel Perez, Osmel Martin, Rolando Cárdenas

   Pages 67-78

9. Quantification of Phytoplankton Primary Habitability in the Gulf of Ana María, Cuba

   • Jessica Alvarez-Salgueiro, Dailé Avila-Alonso, Rolando Cárdenas, Roberto González-De Zayas, Osmel Martin

   Pages 79-93

10. On the Subaquatic Light Fields in Lakes of Southern Chile and Their Photosynthetic Potential

    • Lien Rodríguez López, Rolando Cárdenas, Oscar Parra, Roberto Urrutia, Lisdelys González, Rebeca Martínez

    Pages 95-110

11. Coarse Detrital Deposits from Hurricane Wilma on the Western Coast of Cojimar, Havana, Cuba

    • Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra, Jorge Isaac-Mengana, Felipe Matos Pupo, Matthew Charles Peros

    Pages 111-125

12. Mathematical Modeling of Phosphorus Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems

    • Maibelin Castillo-Alvarez, Rolando Cárdenas, Roberto González-de Zayas, Yanelis Estrada-Hernández, Julio Antonio Lestayo, Dailé Ávila-Alonso et al.

    Pages 127-139

13. Mozambican Adsorbents for Zinc (II) Removal in Aqueous Solutions

    • Julio Omar Prieto-García, Esnaider Rodríguez Suarez, Noor Jehan Gulamussen, Ángel Mollineda Trujillo

    Pages 141-146

14. Diffusivity of Cd (II) Ions in Several Porous Adsorbents

    • Julio Omar Prieto García, Rafael Quintana Puchol, Alfredo Emilio Curbelo Sánchez, Adrian Alujas Hernández, Joan Rodríguez Díaz, Yennier Cruz Bermúdez et al.

    Pages 147-158

15. Increasing Tolerance Plants to Heavy Metals

    • Evgeny Aleksandrovich Gladkov, Olga Victorovna Gladkova

    Pages 159-165

16. Increasing Tolerance Agrostis Stolonifera, Festuca Rubra, Brachycome Iberidifolia, Chrysanthemum Carinatum to Copper

    • Evgen Aleksandrovich Gladkov, Ilina Igorevna Tashlieva, Yuliya Ivanovna Dolgikh, Olga Victorovna Gladkova

    Pages 167-174

17. Environmentally Sustainable Management of Rice Cultivating Zones in Ukraine

    • Vasyl Petrenko

    Pages 175-190

18. Development of a New Formulation for Onychomycosis Treatment Using Furvina® as an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

    • Zenia Perez-Rodriguez, Yaset Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Zenaida Rodriguez-Negrin, Reinaldo Molina-Ruiz, Ricardo Medina-Marrero, Evys Ancede-Gallardo

    Pages 191-203

19. Multipurpose Sensor Network for Electromagnetic Radiation Monitoring

    • Vladimir Mochalov, Mikhail Bersenev

    Pages 205-213

20. Tilt and Orientation of a Flat Solar Collector to Capture Optimal Solar Irradiation in Chilean Latitudes

    • Lisdelys González-Rodríguez, Laura Pérez, Adelqui Fissore, Lien Rodríguez-López, Jorge Jimenez

    Pages 215-228

This book features a selection of works presented in the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. First, it describes several theoretical tools for the mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments, such as Quantitative Habitability Theory, dynamical systems and artificial intelligence. It then outlines applications to the broad and multifaceted area of the natural sciences and environmental engineering. This highly interdisciplinary book includes case studies with a wide range of spatio-temporal scales: from ecosystem- to astrobiological-cosmological scales.

• Quantification of Habitability
• Abiogenesis and Biogenesis
• Chemosynthesis and Annamox Bacteria
• Phosphorus Dynamics
• Tolerance of Plants to Heavy Metals
• Subaquatic Light Fields and Photosynthesis
• Chicxulub Impact
• Diffusivity in Porous Adsorbents
• Solar Collectors
• Environmentally Sustainable Management of Cultivating Zones

• Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba

  Rolando Cárdenas, Osmel Martin

• Institute for Cosmophysical Research, Kamchatka, Russia

  Vladimir Mochalov

• University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile

  Oscar Parra

Prof. Dr. Rolando Cardenas: Received his PhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts the (very) interdisciplinary Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas since its foundation. In the decade of 2000’s was recipient of annual awards of the Cuban Academy of Sciences in three occasions for research on Theoretical Cosmology. In 2016 was the main contributor for such award for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. In 2013 the Cuban Council of State awarded him with Carlos J. Finlay Order, the highest in the country for research activity. In 2016 also received the Honorary Distinction of the Minister of Higher Education for Research. His research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales.

Prof. Dr. Oscar Parra: Oscar Parra is biologist and professor at the Natural Resources and Oceanographic Sciences Faculty and founder director of the Environmental Sciences Centre of theUniversity of Concepción (Concepción, Chile). He is a very experienced researcher in the use of standard physical, chemical and biological methods of water ecosystems, specialized on taxonomy and ecology of freshwater phytoplancton and phytobenthos. His research cover interdisciplinary studies of freshwater systems (lakes and rivers) on a watershed scale. He is the author of about 200 scientific papers, book articles and books and he has edited a number of books dealing with aquatic biota and management of water resources in Chile. He has participated as a leader of a number of national and international collaborative scientific projects and as a consultant of national and international institutions and organizations, e.g. UNESCO (Albania, Libia, Costa Rica), Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina). Funding agencies for his research include:  PNUD UNESCO, European Comission, Italian Goverment, Germany Goverment, Chilean National Science Comission.

Prof. Dr. Osmel Martin: Received hisPhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts research at the Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas since its foundation. In 2016 he was one of the main contributors for the award of Cuban Academy of Sciences for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. His current research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales, with some emphasis in Atmospheric Sciences and Physical and Biological Oceanography.

Vladimir Mochalov is senior researcher at the Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation ( Paratunka, Russia ). He received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. His research interests include networks structure synthesis, artificial intelligence, bio-inspired algorithms, query answering systems and Big Data.

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