def insert(self, doc, synced=False):
        doc.id = self.get_next_id()
        doc.synced = synced
        try:
            self.db.docs.insert(doc)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return doc
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]