v3.10.0.1

Warrants - Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018
Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Dividend yield	0.00%
Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Dividend yield	0.00%
Measurement Input, Price Volatility | Minimum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected volatility	96.10%
Measurement Input, Price Volatility | Minimum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected volatility	13.20%
Measurement Input, Price Volatility | Maximum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected volatility	104.90%
Measurement Input, Price Volatility | Maximum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected volatility	101.90%
Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate | Minimum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Minimum	2.38%
Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate | Minimum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Minimum	0.18%
Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate | Maximum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Minimum	2.65%
Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate | Maximum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate, Minimum	2.40%
Measurement Input, Expected Term | Minimum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected life in years	1 year 3 months 4 days
Measurement Input, Expected Term | Minimum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected life in years	4 days
Measurement Input, Expected Term | Maximum | Black Scholes
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected life in years	3 years 5 months 16 days
Measurement Input, Expected Term | Maximum | Monte Carlo Simulation Model
Fair value assumptions and methodology for assets and liabilities
Expected life in years	1 year 4 months 10 days

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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