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Intangibles and Other Assets - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Intangibles And Other Assets [Abstract]
Patents, estimated useful lives	10 years

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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