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Amounts of cash, cash equivalents and short term investments held by an entity, and used in a reconciliation of assets by segment to the entity consolidated balance sheet.

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Amount of investments held by an entity, and used in a reconciliation of assets by segment to the entity consolidated balance sheet.

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Amount of long-term and other receivables held by an entity, and used in a reconciliation of assets by segment to the entity consolidated balance sheet.

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Amount of other assets and assets not otherwise identified in other reconciliation balances, and used in a reconciliation of assets by segment to the entity consolidated balance sheet.

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Amount of prepaid expense balance held by an entity, and used in a reconciliation of assets by segment to the entity consolidated balance sheet.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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