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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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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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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 difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Equity Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2007 USD ($) executives $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for future grants under 2014 Incentive Stock Plan		1,054,612
Compensation expense, recognition period		1 year 4 months 17 days
Performance-based awards outstanding (in shares)		550,000		550,000
Outstanding performance based stock award shares earned (in shares)		76,502
Stock-based compensation expense \| $		$ 1,723	$ 2,681
Total unrecognized compensation cost \| $		$ 3,100
Stock option expiration period		10 years
Estimated forfeiture rate used for recording stock-based compensation expense		5.00%
Options granted		0	0
Shares, aggregate grant date fair value of stock options \| $	$ 1,430
Vesting Range One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of stock options exercise price vested	25.00%
Vesting Range Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of stock options exercise price vested	30.00%
Vesting Range Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of stock options exercise price vested	35.00%
2004 Incentive Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted	260,000
Shares, Exercise price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 25.95
Number of senior executives \| executives	8
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option, vesting period		3 years
Performance-based awards outstanding (in shares)		155,305
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option, vesting period		3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option, vesting period		1 year
Compensation expense, recognition period		1 year
Maximum [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option, vesting period		3 years
Compensation expense, recognition period		3 years