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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2024 segment subsegment
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
Discover And Safety Assessment Segment
Number of businesses in reportable segment | subsegment	2

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-18

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