Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period, Percentage

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - $ / shares				12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - $ / shares	Mar. 07, 2019	Jan. 02, 2019	Jan. 02, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)				1,120,500	660,557
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)				$ 1.44	$ 1.61
Executives and Key Personnel
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)			492,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)			$ 1.39
Executives and Key Personnel \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		650,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)		$ 1.87
Board of Directors
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)			250,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)			$ 1.39
Board of Directors \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		300,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)		$ 1.87
Board of Directors \| Stock Option \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years
Award requisite service percent		25.00%
Award vesting percent		75.00%
Non-executive Employees \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		24,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)		$ 1.87
Non-executive Employees \| Stock Option \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years
Consultant \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)	15,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (USD per share)	$ 3.00
Award vesting period	1 year
Minimum \| Executives and Key Personnel \| Stock Option \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting period		1 year
Maximum \| Executives and Key Personnel \| Stock Option \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years