def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def gradients(self, d_grads, g_grads):
      if self.d_grads is None:
          self.d_grads = [torch.zeros_like(_g) for _g in d_grads]
          self.g_grads = [torch.zeros_like(_g) for _g in g_grads]