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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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

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Net fair value as of the balance sheet date of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives classified as assets, net of those classified as liabilities.

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Net Increase or Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period.

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Note 7 - Embedded Derivatives Liabilities (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 10, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2017
Embedded Derivative, Fair Value of Embedded Derivative, Net, Total		$ 100				$ 0
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net, Total		(100)	$ 246
Embedded Derivative, 2020/21 Convertible Notes [Member]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net, Total		(100)
Embedded Derivative, 2020 Convertible Notes [Member]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net, Total		$ 200
Convertible 2020 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%						12.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger	150.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days	10
Number of Embedded Derivative	1
Convertible 2017 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%
Convertible 2020/21 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				12.00%	12.00%