The increase in total operating expenses reflects higher facilities costs as well as increased compensation, travel, and project costs as we have returned to more normalized spending levels over the past few quarters following the steep reduction in spend in Q2 of 2020 as a result of the company's cost mitigation initiatives enacted at the beginning of the pandemic.

Nov 3, 2021 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Peter Mariani, CFO | earnings call 2021-11-03 | transcript e7bff32a-7a08-4190-8c7c-269e589af745 | chars 16875-17243 | segment 16