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Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Accounts Receivable And Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 3. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts receivable, net consists of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 360 |  | $ | 308 |
Other receivables |  |  | 615 |  |  | 42 |
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Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 975 |  | $ | 350 |
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The changes in allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:
|  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Additions Charged to Expense/Against Revenue |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period |
|  | (in thousands) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2015 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | (12 | ) |  | — |
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |

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