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Stockholder's Equity - Additional Information (Detail)	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2014	Mar. 01, 2014
Schedule Of Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Sale of preferred stock		2,587,400us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
Convertible preferred stock dividend, rate	6.25%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage
Conversion rate of preferred stock		6,912,756us-gaap_ConvertiblePreferredStockSharesIssuedUponConversion
Convertible preferred stock, conversion date	Mar. 01, 2014

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Number of shares issued for each share of convertible preferred stock that is converted.

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Total number of nonredeemable preferred shares (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) issued to shareholders (includes related preferred shares that were issued, repurchased, and remain in the treasury). May be all or portion of the number of preferred shares authorized. Excludes preferred shares that are classified as debt.

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