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Oil exploration has become a steadily growing business. This is due to the ever increasing demand for oil derivates in the international market. The extraction of this mineral, however, is not an easy process. It poses many hazards which may threaten the environment and the lives of workers at an oil well. In order to reduce the chances of accidents and failures, a continued training to the workers is highly recommended. This paper presents a game which simulates a drilling rig. This game, the players are exposed to various circumstances in which they can exercise their knowledge about their work and learn what to do in troublesome events. Artificial Intelligence techniques will be applied to the game in order to accomplish that feature. The application will also include instant interactions among several players in a virtual 3D environment. The game is a web-based, which allows players to remotely execute it on different platforms.

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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) presents an innovative approach to functioning: the biopsychosocial model. Since then, the ICF framework and its explanatory scheme has been used in many settings, including health, social security, and education. Recently, some criticism has arisen and proposals have ensued regarding its revisions. Objective: This paper discusses previous proposals for revisions to the ICF scheme and present suggestions of a new one. Methods: We outline some of the suggestions of ICF alternative functioning schemes, and present some of their features. Results: We also propose our own scheme, highlighting its advantages over predecessors. In our proposal, current scheme components are kept and arranged equidistantly along a three dimension ‘ball shell’ structure connected by double-headed arrows. Our scheme is innovative in that it does not present any component as central, allowing the scheme to be more adaptable to the reality of each functioning profile. It is also dynamic, by rotating on 3 axes, making possible the central positioning of the most important component. The spheres for each component can be enlarged, demonstrating ​​the magnitude of each component. Conclusion: We hope to contribute to the current discussion on ICF scheme and its revision.