Supplemental Information - Summary of Statements of Certain Statements of Cash Flows Amounts (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Condensed Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Interest paid	$ 67	$ 1,072
Receivable from Jefferies for shares issued under ATM Facility	(260)	0
Non-cash additions to land, buildings, and equipment	(687)	0
Cumulative effect of adoption of lease accounting standard on stockholders' equity	832	0
Establishment of right-to-use assets and associated operating lease liabilities	$ 14,090	$ 0

Cumulative effect of adoption of lease accounting standard on stockholders' equity.

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Establishment of right-to-use assets and associated operating lease liabilities.

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Receivable from Jefferies for shares issued under ATM Facility.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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The amount of fixed assets that an Entity acquires in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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