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Consulting Shares - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 06, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Common stock, shares issued 29,429,522us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 29,279,522us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued  
Common stock par value of issued shares $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Consulting Agreement [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Common stock, shares issued     150,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Common stock par value of issued shares     $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Agreement termination notice period 180 days    
Termination agreement percentage of shares returned 40.00%pirs_TerminationAgreementPercentageOfSharesReturned
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Shares subject to forfeiture 60,000pirs_SharesSubjectToForfeiture
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Estimated fair value of non-cancellable shares, Shares 90,000pirs_NumberOfNonCancellableShares
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Estimated fair value of non-cancellable shares, Value $ 284,400pirs_EstimatedFairValueOfNonCancellableSharesValue
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Estimated fair value cancellable shares, Shares 60,000pirs_NumberOfCancellableShares
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Estimated fair value of cancellable shares, Value 192,000pirs_EstimatedFairValueOfCancellableSharesValue
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Estimated fair value of consulting shares 476,400pirs_EstimatedFairValueOfConsultingSharesNet
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General and administrative expense recognized in consulting shares 311,067pirs_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseRecognizedInConsultingShares
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Percentage of consulting shares recognizable as general and administrative expense 60.00%pirs_PercentageOfConsultingSharesRecognizableAsGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
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Percentage of consulting shares recognizable as general and administrative expense offsetting credit to equity 40.00%pirs_PercentageOfConsultingSharesRecognizableAsGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseOffsettingCreditToEquity
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Consulting Agreement [Member] | Non Cancellable Shares [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Share price $ 3.16us-gaap_SharePrice
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General and administrative expense recognized in consulting shares 284,400pirs_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseRecognizedInConsultingShares
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Consulting Agreement [Member] | Cancellable Shares [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Share price $ 3.20us-gaap_SharePrice
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General and administrative expense recognized in consulting shares $ 26,667pirs_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseRecognizedInConsultingShares
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