Helmand Province is in the Middle East.
Semiosphere is the sphere of semiosis in which sign processes operate in the set of all interconnected Umwelten .. semiosis. semiosis. sign. sign ( semiotics ). The concept was coined by Yuri Lotman in 1982 and is now applied to many fields , including cultural semiotics generally , biosemiotics , zoosemiotics , geosemiotics , etc. .. Yuri Lotman. Yuri Lotman. biosemiotics. biosemiotics. The concept is treated more fully in the collection of Lotman 's writings published in English under the title `` Universe of the Mind  : A Semiotic Theory of Culture '' -LRB- 1990 -RRB-