Other liabilities

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9 - Other liabilities

At July 31 Other liabilities consist of:

	2016		2015
Accrued legal settlement – see Note 14	$	800	$	1,220
Capital lease obligation		794		210
Installment loans		105		363
	$	1,699	$	1,793

The capital lease obligation and Installment loans are for machinery and equipment used in the Clinical Labs segment. Amortization of the assets recorded under the capital lease is included in depreciation expense. At July 31, 2016, the accumulated amortization on the capital lease was $271 and the imputed interest rate ranges from 4.3% to 9.5%.

Future minimum lease and loan payments are as follows:

	Capital lease			Installment loans
2017	$	307		$	236
2018		299			97
2019		258			9
2020		250			—
2021		198			—
Total payments		1,312			342
Less: interest		(211	)		(1	)
Total net of interest		1,101			341
Less: current portion		(307	)		(236	)
Other liabilities - net	$	794		$	105

The weighted average interest rate on our short term borrowings during fiscal 2016 and 2015 was 8.0% and 2.7%, respectively.