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Additional Information with Respect to Non-vested Shares (Detail) - Employee Stock Option $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted-average remaining contractual term	8 years 11 months 27 days
Weighted-average remaining expected term	3 years 11 months 27 days
Weighted-average remaining vesting period	1 year 10 months 21 days
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 5.8

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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