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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def sync_awards(**kwargs):
 """ Iterates over registered recipes and possibly creates awards. """

    badges = kwargs.get('badges')
    excluded = kwargs.get('exclude_badges')
    disable_signals = kwargs.get('disable_signals')
    batch_size = kwargs.get('batch_size', None)
    db_read = kwargs.get('db_read', None)

    award_post_save = True

    if disable_signals:
        settings.AUTO_DENORMALIZE = False
        award_post_save = False

    instances = registry.get_recipe_instances(badges=badges, excluded=excluded)

    for instance in instances:
        reset_queries()
        instance.create_awards(
            batch_size=batch_size,
            db_read=db_read,
            post_save_signal=award_post_save)
        log_queries(instance)