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Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights, Exercised

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Alternate Period for Recognition

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Fair value of closing common stock price.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award per share price.

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Share-based compensation by share based payments award options maximum life.

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Share-based Goods and Nonemployee Services Transaction, Securities Issued Valuation Price Per Share

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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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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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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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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of shares or units of entity securities issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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Stock Options, Restricted Shares and Warrants (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term for restricted shares		2 years 7 months
Grant of shares to non-employees and consultants (shares)		2,500
Common stock closing price (usd per share)		$ 1.39
Value of shares issued to consultants (usd per share)		$ 2.00
Compensation expense		$ 1,462,000	$ 1,499,000	$ 1,593,000
Warrants exercised (shares)			38,980	0
Warrants exercised (usd per share)			$ 2.25	$ 0.00
Restricted shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Alternate vesting term for restricted shares	1 year
Restricted shares granted (shares)		795,805	410,496	526,663
Compensation expense		$ 1,306,191
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)		$ 2.06
Restricted shares \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term for restricted shares	3 years
Per share price on grant date (USD per share)		1.34	$ 4.16	$ 2.41
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)		1.34
Restricted shares \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term for restricted shares	5 years
Per share price on grant date (USD per share)		2.62	$ 7.23	$ 6.97
Weighted average grant-date fair value (usd per share)		$ 2.62
2003 Stock Option and 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plans
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved shares for issuance to key employees (shares)		13,500,000
Maximum life of option under the plan		10 years
2003 Stock Option and 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plans \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		1 month
2003 Stock Option and 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plans \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		5 years
2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan \| Non-Employee Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant of shares to non-employees and consultants (shares)		35,290	27,931	33,641
2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan \| Non-Employee Director \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock closing price (usd per share)		$ 1.20	$ 4.20	$ 2.41
2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan \| Non-Employee Director \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock closing price (usd per share)		$ 2.62	$ 5.23	$ 5.73
Harris
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense				$ 200,000