def get_next_id(self):
        try:
            query = {'_id': 'last_id'}
            update = {'$inc': {'id': 1}}
            fn = self.db.internal.find_and_modify
            row = fn(query, update, upsert=True, new=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return row['id']
def permutation_subjects(y):
    """Permute class labels of Contextual Disorder dataset.
    """
    y_perm = np.random.randint(0, 2, len(y)/2)
    y_perm = np.concatenate((y_perm, np.logical_not(y_perm).astype(int)))
    return y_perm