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Amortization of capitalized curriculum development costs.

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The estimated useful life of capitalized curriculum development costs.

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Amount of impairment loss from peripheral equipment costs.

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Amount of expense for amortization of capitalized computer software costs.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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