Note 5. Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets (Detail) - Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Income tax prepayments	$ 5,608	$ 626
Accrued refund of BioArray escrowed funds		7,000
Prepaid expenses	5,357	2,919
Other receivables	772	619
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$ 11,738	$ 11,164

Carrying amount due within one year of the balance sheet date (or one operating cycle, if longer) from tax authorities as of the balance sheet date representing refunds of overpayments or recoveries based on agreed-upon resolutions of disputes.

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The total of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, and the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, as of the balance sheet date, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet. Current assets are expected to be realized or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer).

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Sum of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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