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Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Details) (General and Administrative Expense [Member], Emory [Member], USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Emory [Member]
Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party	$ 115,393

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- Definition

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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