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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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	May. 12, 2015 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Agreement Investor $ / shares shares
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Initially reserved (in shares)			1,600,000
Number of warrant agreements outstanding \| Agreement			3
Number of holders of warrant agreements with antidilution clauses \| Investor			2
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)	289,669
Warrants exercisable price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 5.25
Warrants exercisable term	5 years
Senior secured credit facility agreement [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)	300,000
Warrants exercisable price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 5.25
Warrants exercisable term	5 years
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of options			10 years
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| 2014 Issuance [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 4.91
Compensation expense \| $		$ 100
Compensation expense not yet recognized \| $			$ 600
Period over which compensation expense is recognized			2 years 2 months 12 days
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| 2015 Issuance [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 3.38
Granted (in shares)			67,003
Compensation expense \| $			$ 10
Compensation expense not yet recognized \| $			$ 500
Period over which compensation expense is recognized			2 years
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| Vesting in August 2014 [Member] \| 2014 Issuance [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		44,026
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| Vesting in June 2016 [Member] \| 2014 Issuance [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)			72,044
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| Vesting in August 2017 [Member] \| 2014 Issuance [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		185,182
Equity Incentive Plan 2014 [Member] \| Director and Executive Officers [Member] \| Vesting in June 2015 [Member]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		52,412