Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Minimum percentage of reconciling items quantitative threshold of the statutory tax	5.00%

Minimum percentage of reconciling items quantitative threshold of the statutory tax.

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