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Revenue (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue |
Schedule of amounts recorded in accrued liabilities |
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Contract liabilities |  | $ | (483) |  | $ | (476) |
Revenue recognized, included in contract liabilities, in the three months ended from: |  | $ | 167 |  | Not Applicable |

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