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Commitments and Contingencies - Employee Agreement - Stephen Rizzone - Additional Information (Detail) - Mr. Rizzone [Member] - USD ($) |  | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items] |  |
Agreement effective date | Jan. 01, 2015 |
Initial term of agreement | 4 years |
Officers' compensation |  | $ 365,000
Employment agreement percentage of base salary |  | 100.00%

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- Definition Amount of expense for salary and wage arising from service rendered by officer. Excludes allocated cost, labor-related nonsalary expense, and direct and overhead labor cost included in cost of good and service sold. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(4)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395209&loc=SL114868664-224227 + Details
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- Details
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