Debt Instrument Accrued Interest Percentage

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- Definition

Debt Instrument Convertible Conversion Price Percentage

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Debt Instrument Excess Of Fair Value Over Carrying Value

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Discount On Conversion Price

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Increase In Estimated Fair Value Of Convertible Notes

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- Definition

Initial Public Offering Price Per Share

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Fair value portion of borrowing which can be exchanged for a specified number of another security at the option of the issuer or the holder, for example, but not limited to, the entity's common stock.

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

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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 cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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Convertible Notes Payable - Convertible Notes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2013	May 28, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 Common stock [Member]	May 28, 2013 Common stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Equity securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 convertible notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 convertible notes [Member] Equity securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 October 2012 convertible notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 October 2012 convertible notes [Member] Common stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 October 2012 convertible notes [Member] Equity securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member] Common stock [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issued and sold convertible notes							$ 8,076,000		$ 1,000,000
Maturity Date							Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2013
Accrued interest							10.00%		10.00%
Proceeds from issuance of public offering	56,105,000		56,105,000	30,000,000		5,000,000
Business acquisition voting transfer				50.00%
Convertible Notes convert into equity securities of purchase price					70.00%			80.00%		80.00%	85.00%					70.00%
Discount on conversion price														20.00%	30.00%
Public offering price of the shares sold	$ 12.00											$ 12
Estimated fair value of Convertible Notes as of issuance dates							9,343,000		1,772,000			14,599,000	22,518,000
Proceeds from issuance of Convertible Notes		3,000,000										9,076,000
Excess of estimated fair value of Convertible Notes												2,039,000
Increase of estimated fair value of Convertible Notes												$ 8,516,000