In terms of profit, in addition to the recording of a provision for loss on orders received with respect to some contracted projects that we received as part of our expansion of the scope of our business, we also made some proactive capital investments in IT-related areas. Also, in order to enhance our capacity to respond to our business expansion and diversification of operations, we implemented active recruitment efforts to strengthen our human resources by hiring highly skilled personnel, specialists, as well as sales and business planning staff. While this resulted in a year-on-year increase in personnel expenses, we continued to make efforts to efficiently manage received orders, reduce the cost of sales, such as recruitment expenses, and pursue higher operational efficiency.
