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Loss Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Loss Per Share [Abstract] |
ScheduleOfDilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShare [Table Text Block] | At March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company excluded the following potentially dilutive securities:
| March 31
| 2016 |  | 2015
Stock Options | 7,227,082 |  |  | 6,371,533 |
Warrants | 4,605,473 |  |  | 3,545,756 |
Restricted Shares | 539,351 |  |  | 218,229 |

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