FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (The liability component was valued based on the Income Approach) (Details) - 2021 Notes [Member] - Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 $ / shares
Stock price (USD)	$ 0.73
Expected term (years)	3 years 1 month 17 days
Risk free rate	2.87%
Volatility	75.56%
Yield	13.50%

- Definition

Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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