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Investments - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Unrealized net (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities	$ 120
Municipal Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Maturity period of investments	One year or less

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27357-111563

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