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Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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WARRANTS Outstanding Warrants (Detail) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
WARRANTS Outstanding Warrants (Detail) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants Outstanding	2,548,020
Warrants Vested	2,548,020
Range Two
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Exercise Price (usd per share)	$ 5.50	$ 5.50	$ 5.50
Warrants Outstanding	2,179,904
Warrants Vested	2,179,904
Weighted Average Remaining Life	4 months 18 days
Range Three
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Exercise Price (usd per share)	$ 9.25
Warrants Outstanding	210,000
Warrants Vested	210,000
Weighted Average Remaining Life	1 year 2 months 16 days
Range Four
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Exercise Price (usd per share)	$ 12.65
Warrants Outstanding	158,116
Warrants Vested	158,116
Weighted Average Remaining Life	3 years 10 months 25 days