Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Grants in Period, Adjusted Fair Vale

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Grants in Period, Fair Value

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 956	$ 959	$ 6,759	$ 7,400
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of granted stock options			7,206	7,720
Unrecognized compensation cost	4,103		$ 4,103
Weighted-Average Remaining Service Period (years)			1 year 2 months 29 days
Time-based restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Adjusted fair value of granted restricted stock units			$ 0	$ 712
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 474		$ 474
Weighted-Average Remaining Service Period (years)			9 months 18 days