Commitments and Contingencies - Lease payment obligations (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Total	$ 1,443,421
FLORIDA
2023	53,382
2024	40,930
Total	94,312
Non-cancellable
2023	156,524
2024	92,884
Total	$ 249,408

Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918701-209980

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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