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Loans Payable - Schedule of Allocation of Cash Proceeds to Derivative Components at their Fair Values - Project Term Loan (Detail) - Note 1 [Member] | Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
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First Tranche [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | $ 5,000,000
First Tranche [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 3,918,254
First Tranche [Member] | Common Shares Outstanding [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 250,000
First Tranche [Member] | Compound Embedded Derivative [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 831,746
Second Tranche [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 2,500,000
Second Tranche [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 1,937,540
Second Tranche [Member] | Compound Embedded Derivative [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 562,460
Third Tranche [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 2,500,000
Third Tranche [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | 1,909,127
Third Tranche [Member] | Compound Embedded Derivative [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Convertible notes payable | $ 590,873

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