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Loss Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Loss Per Share [Abstract] |
ScheduleOfDilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShare [Table Text Block] | At March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company excluded the following potentially dilutive securities:
| March 31
| 2017 |  | 2016
Stock Options | 1,133,459 |  |  | 722,708 |
Warrants | 336,062 |  |  | 460,547 |
Restricted Shares | 132,726 |  |  | 53,935 |

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