Commitments - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payment (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Commitments [abstract]
2019	$ 1,253
2020	1,039
2021	1,052
2022	841
2023	618
Thereafter	261
Total	$ 5,064

The amount of future minimum lease payments payable under non-cancellable operating leases. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Expiry date 2019-01-01
-Name IAS
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-IssueDate 2018-01-01
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-URIDate 2018-03-16

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due in five years.

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due in four years.

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due in three years

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due in two years.

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due next twelve months.

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Minimum lease payments payable under noncancellable operating lease due thereafter.

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