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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
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Amount of expense (income) related to adjustment to fair value of warrant liability.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 480
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
-Paragraph 13
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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Warrant Liability (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Warrant Liability (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 25, 2013
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Change in fair value of warrant liability	$ 176,293	$ (4,047,742)	$ (1,109,192)	$ 907,368
June 2013 Registered Public Offering [Member]
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Exercise price of warrants					$ 5.10	$ 6.10
Warrant [Member]
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Closing price of common stock as reported on OTC Markets	$ 7.70		$ 7.70
Warrant [Member] \| June 2013 Registered Public Offering [Member]
Warrant Liabilities (Textual)
Amount of initial warrant liability							$ 4,827,788
Closing price of common stock as reported on OTC Markets							$ 9.60