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Description of business and summary of significant accounting policies - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Mar. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Mar. 31, 2013
Ilios
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2010
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| Research And Development Arrangements With Government Agencies, Customer Funding To Offset Costs Incurred | $ 67,144 | $ 66,019 | ||||
| Research And Development Arrangements With Government Agencies, Retainage Receivable | 67,775 | 154,700 | ||||
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current | 145,500 | 154,400 | ||||
| Loss on Contracts | 300,000 | |||||
| Advertising Expense | $ 29,000 | $ 36,000 | ||||
| Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent | 65.00% | 67.40% | 63.00% | |||
| Number of Operating Segments | 1 | |||||
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Research And Development Arrangements With Government Agencies, Customer Funding To Offset Costs Incurred No definition available.
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Research And Development Arrangements With Government Agencies, Retainage Receivable No definition available.
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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Losses recognized in the current period on contracts which are expected to generate losses, which are probable and can be reasonably estimated, in a future period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage. No definition available.
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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. No definition available.
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