Capital Transactions - Information About Stock Options Outstanding (Details) - PSP agreement - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2021
Options Exercisable
Number of Warrants	785,226
Warrant Shares
Options Exercisable
Warrant term		5 years
Warrants PSP1
Options Exercisable
Number of Warrants	370,720
Warrants exercise price	$ 28.38
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value	$ 13.57
Warrants PSP2
Options Exercisable
Number of Warrants	124,773
Warrants exercise price	$ 40.41
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value	$ 32.52
Warrants PSP3
Options Exercisable
Number of Warrants	78,317
Warrants exercise price	$ 57.47
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value	$ 22.31
Secured loan
Options Exercisable
Number of Warrants	211,416
Warrants exercise price	$ 28.38
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value	$ 15.22

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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/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481112/505-10-50-3

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