Derivative Liability and Fair Value Measurements (Compute The Fair Value Of Warrants Issued) (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 03, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Value of convertible debt price adjustment:
Fair value of debt embedded conversion price adjustment option	$ 1,938,988	$ 2,806,942
Embedded Conversion Option [Member]
Assumptions for Pricing Model:
Expected term in years	3 years	2 years 8 months 1 day
Volatility range for years 1 to 5	57.00%	81.00%

Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Fair value of debt embedded conversion price adjustment option.

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