- Definition

Any certificate of deposit or savings account held by a bank or other financial institution for a short-term specified period of time. Because of their short-term, time deposits are considered highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three-years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months.

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Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) (USD $)	Feb. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Time Deposits, at Carrying Value	$ 53,000us-gaap_TimeDepositsAtCarryingValue
Time Deposits Annual Interest Rate	0.10%nuot_TimeDepositsAnnualInterestRate
Time Deposits Maturity Date	Jun. 24, 2015
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		4,683,829	0
Trademarks [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		1,025,000
In Process Research and Development [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		$ 3,659,000