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

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Agreed-upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset relating to the share-based payment award.

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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 grant-date intrinsic value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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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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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions - $ / shares						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 21, 2016	May 04, 2015	May 01, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.50%	0.92%	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%
Employee Awards \| Minimum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.61					$ 0.61	$ 0.60
Stock price (in Dollars per share)						$ 0.63	$ 0.55
Volatility						146.00%	151.00%
Risk-free interest rate						0.70%	0.90%
Expected life (years)						3 years	3 years
Employee Awards \| Maximum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)	3.20					$ 3.20	$ 3.75
Stock price (in Dollars per share)						$ 3.20	$ 3.75
Volatility						153.00%	169.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.90%	2.50%
Expected life (years)						5 years	10 years
Consulting Awards [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)	0.60					$ 0.60	$ 0.60
Stock price (in Dollars per share)						$ 1.91	$ 0.52
Volatility						146.00%	150.00%
Risk-free interest rate						0.80%	1.10%
Expected life (years)						2 years	2 years
Consulting Awards [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.20					$ 1.20	$ 3.75
Stock price (in Dollars per share)						$ 2.33	$ 0.89
Volatility						163.00%	157.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.30%	1.30%
Expected life (years)						4 years 292 days	3 years
DB Option Agreement [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Stock price (in Dollars per share)						$ 0.61
Volatility						150.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.20%
Expected life (years)						5 years
IPG [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Volatility						134.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.00%
Expected life (years)						3 years
Warrants with Debt \| Minimum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Volatility						148.00%	125.00%
Risk-free interest rate						0.80%	0.40%
Expected life (years)						1 year 36 days	1 year 6 months
Warrants with Debt \| Maximum [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Share-based compensation costs, Fair Value Assumptions [Line Items]
Volatility						158.00%	132.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.20%	0.50%
Expected life (years)						5 years	1 year 6 months