Compensatory Equity Incentive Plan and Other Equity Incentives (Details 2)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Stock Options	$ 51,030
Restricted Stock Units	339,998
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost	391,028
Nine months ended June 30, 2018 [Member]
Stock Options	26,566
Restricted Stock Units	165,025
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost	191,591
Year ended June 30, 2019 [Member]
Stock Options	18,083
Restricted Stock Units	144,984
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost	163,067
Year ended June 30, 2020 [Member]
Stock Options	4,276
Restricted Stock Units	29,989
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost	34,265
Year ended June 30, 2021 [Member]
Stock Options	2,105
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost	$ 2,105

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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