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Amount of a favorable spread to a debt holder between the amount of debt being converted and the value of the securities received upon conversion. This is an embedded conversion feature of convertible debt issued that is in-the-money at the commitment date.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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	Jul. 02, 2019	May 30, 2019	Sep. 19, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Apr. 23, 2019	Jun. 30, 2016
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Proceeds from advance notes					$ 900	$ 950		$ 400
Percentage of accrued interest					7.00%
Common stock conversion price		$ 0.45
Intrinsic value of this beneficial conversion feature				$ 143		142
Proceeds from convertible debt						1,275
Issuance of common stock upon note conversions shares		2,179,622
Advance Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from advance notes						$ 1,700
2019 Bridge Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan interest rate						7.00%
Debt instrument amount							$ 1,700
Maturity Date						Oct. 01, 2019
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from advance notes	$ 750
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Advance Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from advance notes							950
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Nomis Bay LTD [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument amount							750
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Cameron Durrant [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument amount							750
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument amount							$ 200
2019 Bridge Notes [Member] \| Bona Fide Financing Transaction [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from advance notes						$ 3,000
Black Horse Capital, L.P [Member] \| Convertible Promissory Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan interest rate			7.00%
Debt instrument amount			$ 2,500
2018 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Qualified Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from convertible debt						$ 10,000
Conversion price				$ 0.45		$ 0.45
2018 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Non Qualified Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from convertible debt						$ 10,000
Conversion price				0.45		$ 0.45
2018 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Advance Notes [Member]
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Common stock conversion price						$ 0.45
Intrinsic value of this beneficial conversion feature						$ 1,800
Debt discount amortization						$ 200
Remaining Discount Amortization Period						12 months
2019 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
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Term loan interest rate						7.50%
Debt instrument amount										$ 1,300
2019 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] \| Qualified Financing [Member]
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Proceeds from convertible debt						$ 10,000
Conversion price				1.25		$ 1.25
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Proceeds from convertible debt						$ 10,000
Conversion price				$ 1.25		$ 1.25
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Common stock conversion price						$ 1.25
Intrinsic value of this beneficial conversion feature						$ 1,800
Debt discount amortization						$ 400
Remaining Discount Amortization Period						22 months
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Interest rate											10.00%
Notes payable to vendors											$ 1,200
Accrued interest						$ 400			$ 300
Notes Payable To Vendors [Member] \| 2019 Bridge Notes [Member]
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Accrued interest						$ 1,100
Debt instrument amount											$ 500