ALEXANDRIA , Va. , Oct. 3 -- Markka A. Oksanen and Harald Kaaja , both of Helsinki , Finland , Juha Salokannel of Kangasala , Finland , and Arto Palin of Viiala , Finland , have developed a system for providing communications security .
The sentence is simply stating a fact about the development of a system for providing communications security by Markka A. Oksanen, Harald Kaaja, Juha Salokannel, and Arto Palin from Finland. There are no positive or negative words or phrases that would suggest a positive or negative sentiment. The sentence is neutral in tone, simply conveying information.
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ALEXANDRIA , Va. , Oct. 3 -- Markka A. Oksanen and Harald Kaaja , both of Helsinki , Finland , Juha Salokannel of Kangasala , Finland , and Arto Palin of Viiala , Finland , have developed a system for providing communications security .
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The sentence is simply stating a fact about the development of a system for providing communications security by Markka A. Oksanen, Harald Kaaja, Juha Salokannel, and Arto Palin from Finland. There are no positive or negative words or phrases that would suggest a positive or negative sentiment. The sentence is neutral in tone, simply conveying information. Therefore, the sentiment of the sentence is neutral.
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