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Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Stock Unit Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail) - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2015 - Performance Stock Units [Member] - shares | Total
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Schedule Of Restricted Stock Restricted Stock Unit And Performance Stock Unit Activity [Line Items] |
Performance stock units, percentage of attainment level | 100.00%
Performance stock units | 0

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- Definition Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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