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Loans Payable - Schedule of Consolidated Debt (Detail) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	$ 20,386,332	$ 18,199,632
Note 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	2,800,000	3,449,631
Note 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	1,378,472
Note 3 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	14,750,001	$ 14,750,001
Note 4 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	$ 1,457,859

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of loans payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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