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Employee service share based compensation nonvested awards compensation cost expected to be recognized in remaining of year.

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Employee service share based compensation nonvested awards compensation cost expected to be recognized in year four.

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Employee service share based compensation nonvested awards compensation cost expected to be recognized in year three.

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Employee service share based compensation nonvested awards compensation cost expected to be recognized in year two.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options expected to vest in remaining of year.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options expected to vest in year four.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options expected to vest in year three.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options expected to vest in year two.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Per share weighted average intrinsic value of equity-based compensation awards vested. Excludes stock and unit options.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The floor of a customized range of exercise prices for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option awards on all stock option plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of non-vested options outstanding.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term of outstanding stock options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 26, 2007
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares, Granted			50,000
Stock Option [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Outstanding nonvested stock options	50,000		50,000
Weighted average remaining life for outstanding stock			3 years 8 months 4 days
Exercise price range, lower range limit			$ 1.20
Exercise price range, upper range limit			$ 9.66
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 243,000	$ 240,000	$ 714,000	$ 696,000
Expected additional expense for 2018	$ 223,000		$ 223,000
Nonvested shares	227,651		227,651		277,035
Expected to vest shares during remainder of 2018			7,113
Expected to vest shares during 2019			128,034
Expected to vest shares during 2020			37,744
Expected to vest shares during 2021			54,760
Expected additional expense for 2019	$ 539,000		$ 539,000
Expected additional expense for 2020	310,000		310,000
Expected additional expense for 2021	150,000		$ 150,000
Total average per share fair value of shares vested			$ 9.64
2015 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Authorized shares of stock, option plan, maximum						1,200,000
2015 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Stock Option [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares, Granted			50,000	0
Option expiry term (Years)			10 years
Stock-based compensation expense	19,000	0	$ 51,000	$ 1,000
Expected additional expense for 2018	$ 19,000		$ 19,000
2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Authorized shares of stock, option plan, maximum							2,000,000
1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Authorized shares of stock, option plan, maximum	3,569,766		3,569,766
Annual Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 94,000	100,000	$ 284,000	222,000
Annual Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Beginning on first anniversary of issue date [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation vesting period			3 years
Annual Incentive Plan [Member] \| Cash Portion [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	416,000	431,000	$ 1,300,000	1,300,000
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 167,000	$ 146,000	$ 548,000	$ 295,000