Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Restricted stock units, Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended
	Jun. 03, 2019	Mar. 15, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Vesting term	3 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period			134,740
Fair value of the RSUs at grant date	$ 130,600	$ 528,277
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Vest on June 3, 2020
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	26,967
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Vest on June 3, 2021
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	26,967
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Vest on June 3, 2022
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	26,966
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Director [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	11,280
Fair value of the RSUs at grant date	$ 220,975
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| David Kovacs
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	20,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Sachin Barot
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	80,900
Vesting term	3 years