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Discontinued Operations - Schedule of Condensed Cash Flow Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Deferred income taxes	$ (12,809)	$ 967
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment	1,607	2,325
Stock-based compensation	573	643
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	273	426
Software and software development costs	$ 675	$ 1,286

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Disposal group including discontinued operations deferred income tax expense benefit.

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Amount of deprecation and amortization expense attributable to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets of discontinued operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5B
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64827811&loc=SL51721673-107760

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