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Loans Payable - Schedule of Consolidated Debt (Detail) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	$ 21,960,276	$ 18,199,632
Note1- Monaco 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	2,800,000	3,449,631
Note 2 - Monaco 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	1,428,944
Note 3 - MINOSA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	14,750,001	$ 14,750,001
Note 4 - Epsilon [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable	$ 2,981,331

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of loans payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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