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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of dividends declared but unpaid on equity securities issued by the entity and outstanding. 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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Amount, after deduction of unamortized premium (discount) and debt issuance cost, of long-term debt. Excludes lease obligation.

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Per share amount of par value or stated value of stock classified as temporary equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable.

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STARBOARD INVESTMENT - Senior Secured Notes (Details) - USD ($)										3 Months Ended
	Jul. 15, 2022	Apr. 14, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jan. 29, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 04, 2020	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Feb. 14, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Nov. 18, 2019
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt										$ 0	$ 15,000,000
Series B warrants
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights												$ 5.25
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Temporary equity, par or stated value (in usd per share)										$ 0.001			$ 0.001			$ 0.001
Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Dividends payable, current										$ 0			$ 0
Senior Secured Notes \| New Notes \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt	$ 55,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Principal amount outstanding	$ 60,000,000	$ 115,000,000	$ 165,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Dividends payable, current										$ 1,400,000			$ 450,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt									$ 115,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Aggregate outstanding principal amount								$ 115,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate during period										6.00%
Lender fees										$ 4,600,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| New Notes \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt						$ 50,000,000
Repayments of secured debt							$ 50,000,000
Principal amount outstanding										$ 60,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| June 2021 Merton Notes \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt					$ 30,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| September 2021 Merton Notes \| Merton
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt				$ 35,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| June 2020 Approved Investment Notes
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Repayment of debt														$ 35,000,000	$ 80,000,000