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Other Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Trade payable in accounts payable	$ 500,000
Trade payable, interest bearing interest rate	12.00%
Threshold gross revenue percentage of collateral asset treated as debt	15.00%
Net proceeds percentage of collateral asset treated as debt	50.00%
Debt instrument maturity date	Aug. 31, 2018
Collateral asset carrying value	$ 0

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Reflects the effective interest rate as of the balance sheet date on interest-bearing trade payables.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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