Restructuring - Narrative (Details)	Nov. 28, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
Severance payment	$ 864,000
Payment of other amounts due	$ 458,500
Exercise price (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 7.01
Exercise period	90 days

Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price

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Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Remaining Options Exercisable, Period

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Amount of postemployment benefit liabilities classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 712
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6410195&loc=d3e80090-111668

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Liability for amount due employees, in addition to wages and any other money that employers owe employees, when their employment ends through a layoff or other termination. For example, a company may provide involuntarily terminated employees with a lump sum payment equal to one week's salary for every year of employment.

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