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

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Number of shares issued for each share of convertible preferred stock that is converted.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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The cash inflow from a long-term borrowing made from related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth. Alternate caption: Proceeds from Advances from Affiliates.

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Per share or per unit amount of equity securities issued.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)														1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2017	Aug. 24, 2017	Aug. 23, 2017	Aug. 22, 2017	Aug. 21, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	May 16, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 25, 2017	Feb. 08, 2017	Feb. 07, 2017	Dec. 06, 2016	Sep. 02, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount														$ 2,800,000
Preferred stock transaction														5,500,000
Proceeds from short term secured borrowing arrangement															$ 1,200,000	$ 1,903,000
Private Placement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, issued and sold to investors							85,000
Common stock, price per share							$ 1.10
Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate	10.00%
William W. Smith, Jr. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from short term secured borrowing arrangement						$ 1,000,000					$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Interest rate per annum						12.00%					18.00%	18.00%
Notes due date						Sep. 25, 2017					Mar. 24, 2017	Dec. 14, 2016
Debt instrument extended maturity date						Jul. 25, 2018			Jun. 26, 2017
Steven L. and Monique P. Elfman [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from short term secured borrowing arrangement						$ 1,000,000				$ 1,000,000
Interest rate per annum						12.00%				18.00%
Notes due date						Sep. 25, 2017				Mar. 24, 2017					Mar. 24, 2017
Debt instrument extended maturity date						Feb. 11, 2018		Jun. 23, 2017
Andrew Arno [Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, issued and sold to investors							50,000
Common stock, price per share							$ 1.10
Andrew Arno [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued upon convertible debt	50
William W. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate per annum											18.00%
Notes due date															Mar. 24, 2017
Debt instrument extended maturity date															Jun. 26, 2017
William W. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued upon convertible debt	2,750
William W And Dieva L Smith and Andrew Arno [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 2,800,000
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement [Member] \| William W. Smith, Jr. and Dieva L. Smith [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Warrants expiration period													5 years
Purchase of warrants													850,000
Common stock exercise price													$ 2.74
Notes and warrants issuance date													Sep. 06, 2016
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement [Member] \| William W. Smith, Jr. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock transaction														0
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement [Member] \| Senior Subordinated Notes [Member] \| William W. Smith, Jr. and Dieva L. Smith [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount													$ 2,000,000
New Short-term Secured Borrowing Arrangement [Member] \| Steven L. and Monique P. Elfman [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount						$ 1,000,000
Interest rate per annum						12.00%
Notes due date				Jan. 25, 2018	Sep. 25, 2017										Sep. 25, 2017
New Short-term Secured Borrowing Arrangement [Member] \| Andrew Arno [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 300,000
Proceeds from short term secured borrowing arrangement		$ 300,000
Interest rate per annum		12.00%
Notes due date		Jan. 31, 2018
New Short-term Secured Borrowing Arrangement [Member] \| Andrew Arno [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument extended maturity date		Jul. 25, 2018
New Short-term Secured Borrowing Arrangement [Member] \| William W. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount						$ 1,000,000
Proceeds from short term secured borrowing arrangement			$ 800,000
Interest rate per annum			12.00%			12.00%
Notes due date			Jan. 25, 2018	Jan. 25, 2018	Sep. 25, 2017										Sep. 25, 2017
New Short-term Secured Borrowing Arrangement [Member] \| William W. and Dieva L. Smith [Member] \| Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| Secured Promissory Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock transaction														$ 0