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Fair value measurements (Details Textual) - Aerex Industries Inc [Member] | Feb. 29, 2016
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Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 51.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners | 49.00%

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- Definition Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=79982066&loc=d3e1392-128463 + Details
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