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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage from fair market price.

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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment Award, options, granted, contractual term (in years)

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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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Number of common shares reserved for future issuance related to deferred compensation arrangements with individuals.

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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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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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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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

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

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2004	Sep. 17, 2014	Aug. 27, 2008	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 19, 1999
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense				$ 0.6	$ 0.2	$ 0.7
Issuance of stock option to purchase stock				6,000,000
Common stock reserved for issuance				3,251,340
Stock option awards vesting period				2 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross				17,148	9,835
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				$ 17.1	$ 2.8
2004 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance	2,500,000
Plan expiration date	Sep. 10, 2014
2008 Stock Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Expiration period of option awards			10 years
2008 Stock Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Expiration period of option awards			5 years
2014 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance		3,000,000
Plan expiration date		Sep. 17, 2024
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of fair market Person holding more then 10% voting stock		110.00%
2014 Stock Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Expiration period of option awards		10 years
2014 Stock Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Expiration period of option awards		5 years
Stock Option Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Options granted				1,170,534	164,506	1,055,500
Stock Option Plan \| Maximum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options granted contractual term				10 years
Stock Option Plan \| Minimum
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options granted contractual term				3 years
2008 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance			3,000,000
Plan expiration date			Aug. 27, 2018
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of fair market Person holding more then 10% voting stock			110.00%
1997 Employee Stock Option Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance							2,000,000