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	Jun. 17, 2018	Apr. 24, 2018	Apr. 13, 2018	Mar. 22, 2018	Mar. 09, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 06, 2017
Value of share issued								$ 648
Unrealized gain							163
Revenues							$ 3,887			$ 3,887
AVLP [Member]
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Value of share issued							$ 371			$ 192
Market price of common stock						$ 0.94	$ 0.94			$ 1.75
MTIX Limited [Member]
Revenues						$ 353	$ 3,912
Milton C. Ault [Member]
Repayment of sale of advances on future receipts									$ 8,218
Repayment of sale of the promissory notes									$ 4,781
Percentage obligation of non-cash compensation									1.50%
Alzamend Neuro, Inc. [Member]
Loan										$ 44
Number of warrants purchased									22,000
Exercise price of warrants									$ 0.30
Loan And Security Agreement [Member] \| AVLP [Member]
Maximum amount of non-revolving credit facility											$ 10,000
Principal face amount						6,407	6,407
Contractual interest receivable						$ 803	$ 803			324
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Loan And Security Agreement [Member] \| AVLP [Member] \| Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
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Base salary	$ 400					$ 100	$ 300			$ 208
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Number of shares issued				1,750,000
Number of warrants purchased				1,250,000
Exercise price of warrants				$ 1.15
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement [Member] \| Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Number of shares issued		25,000
Number of warrants purchased		357,143
Exercise price of warrants		$ 0.70
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement [Member] \| Philou [Member]
Number of shares issued					125,000
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Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement [Member] \| Philou [Member] \| Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Number of shares issued		25,000