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Derivative financial instruments fair value assumptions linked common shares.

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Fair Value Assumptions Linked Common Shares

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Number of securities called by warrants or rights upon additional financing.

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Date the warrants or rights are exercisable, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(3))

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 55

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Apr. 13, 2014	Oct. 11, 2013	May. 10, 2012	Nov. 08, 2011	Apr. 08, 2011	Oct. 11, 2010
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrants issued to acquire common shares						260,417			1,800,000
Warrants exercisable date	Apr. 13, 2014
Warrants linked to common stock, outstanding	0		0
Shares available for issuance upon exercise						434,027	434,027
Additional financing						$ 8,000,000
Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Linked common shares	1,562,500	1,562,500	1,562,500
Warrants Attached to Series G Preferred Stock [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrants issued to acquire common shares								525,000
Warrants Attached to Senior Convertible Debt [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrants issued to acquire common shares							1,302,083
Warrants linked to common stock, outstanding	1,562,500
Common Stock [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Linked common shares				525,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Linked common shares					1,725,000
Warrants exercisable date	Oct. 11, 2013