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Other Current Assets - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Collateralized delinquency period of receivables	7 days

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Collateralized Delinquency Receivables Period

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