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Employee Benefit Plans and Share-Based Payments - Summary of Share Based Compensation Plan (Plan 2016-2019) (Parenthetical) (Detail) - Plan 2016-19 [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
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Average remaining life of plan	7 months	7 months
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Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Average remaining life of plan	19 months	31 months

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