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Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques (Detail)

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Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 9,073	$ 12,355
Discount rate	15.50%
Volatility	115.00%
Risk-free interest rate	0.98%
Dividend yield	0.00%
Expected payments terms	0 years
Income Approach Valuation Technique
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Valuation Technique	Income approach
Monte Carlo Simulation Valuation Model
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Valuation Technique	Monte Carlo simulation
Expected Payments
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Valuation Technique	Expected payments
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 9,073
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Earn Out Liability
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	7,371
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Stock Distribution
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	1,352
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Time Based
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 350

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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