Other Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Trade payable in accounts payable	$ 553,072
Trade payable, interest bearing interest rate	12.00%
Threshold gross revenue percentage of collateral asset treated as debt	15.00%
Net proceeds percentage of collateral asset treated as debt	50.00%
Collateral asset carrying value	$ 0
Collateral Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date	Aug. 31, 2018

Collateral asset carrying value.

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Net proceeds percentage of collateral asset treated as debt.

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Threshold gross revenue percentage of collateral asset treated as debt.

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Reflects the effective interest rate as of the balance sheet date on interest-bearing trade payables.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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