Carrying amount of a reclassification of warrant liability upon partial exercise of warrants issued in unit offering.

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Amount of initial warrant liability.

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Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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

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Warrant Liability (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Warrant Liability (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 25, 2013
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Fair value of the warrants exercised		$ 1,648,811
Warrant [Member]
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Non-cash charge or the change in the fair value	$ 760,157
Fair value of options price	$ 0.84		$ 1.13
Exercise price	$ 0.51		$ 0.51
Warrant [Member] \| Public Offering [Member]
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Amount of initial warrant liability					$ 4,827,788
Fair value of options price					$ 0.96
Exercise price				$ 0.61