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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share for in the Money Potential Common Shares (Detail) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Average market price during the period	$ 3.47	$ 4.22
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	5,637,162	0
Option awards [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	916,111	859,999
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	10,087	213,739
Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	462,628	0
Put Option Liability [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	4,063,759	0
Common Stock Warrant [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from EPS	7,948,176	8,392,466

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Final price paid per share for the purchase of the targeted number of shares, determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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-Topic 505
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