Fair Value Assumptions Linked Common Shares

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Fair value assumptions quoted price.

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Risk free rates using zero coupon country treasury security range of rates.

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Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Percentage of likelihood a loan will not be repaid and instead default, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Significant Assumptions Utilized in Binomial Lattice Process (Detail) (Level 3 [Member], USD $)		6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 1 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 1 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 1 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 2 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Warrant Group 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrant Group 3 [Member] Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Linked common shares				1,725,000					525,000	525,000									1,562,500	1,562,500	1,562,500
Quoted market price on valuation date				$ 3.00					$ 3.00	$ 2.02									$ 0.91	$ 3.00	$ 2.02
Contractual exercise rate				$ 2.4648					$ 2.4648	$ 2.3793									$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 3.60
Term (years)				11 days					6 months 15 days	3 months 11 days									2 years 7 months 10 days	3 years 7 months 10 days	3 years 4 months 6 days
Range of market volatilities		24.00%	31.50%		26.30%	50.10%	46.10%	88.30%					57.00%	38.20%	51.10%	79.70%	60.50%	78.20%
Risk free rates using zero coupon US Treasury Security rates	0.03%				0.02%	0.01%	0.04%	0.07%					0.02%	0.02%	0.07%	0.58%	0.63%	0.78%
Custom lattice variable: Probability of exercisability (434,027 linked common shares)											0.00%	0.00%