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Loss Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Loss Per Share [Abstract] |
ScheduleOfDilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShare [Table Text Block] | At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company excluded the following potentially dilutive securities:
| September 30
| 2015 |  | 2014
Stock Options | 6,611,480 |  |  | 4,459,923 |
Warrants | 3,516,452 |  |  | 3,555,956 |
Restricted Shares | 113,579 |  |  | 233,982 |

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