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  2. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    Escalators typically rise at an angle of 30 or 35 degrees from the ground. [25] They move at 0.3–0.9 metres per second (1–3 ft/s), like moving walkways, and may traverse vertical distances in excess of 18 metres (60 ft). Most modern escalators have single-piece aluminum or stainless steel steps that move on a system of tracks in a ...

  3. Escalation - Wikipedia

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    Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. Specific uses of the term include: Cost escalation, an increase in the price of goods; Conflict escalation, an increase in the intensity of a conflict; Escalation hypothesis, a theory in evolutionary biology; Escalation of commitment, an aspect of game ...

  4. Conflict escalation - Wikipedia

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    Conflict escalation is the process by which conflicts grow in severity or scale over time. That may refer to conflicts between individuals or groups in interpersonal relationships, or it may refer to the escalation of hostilities in a political or military context.

  5. Cadillac Escalade - Wikipedia

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    The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV manufactured by General Motors and marketed by their luxury division Cadillac.It was the luxury brand's first major entry into the SUV market.

  6. Escalation of commitment - Wikipedia

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    Many researchers believe that the need to escalate resources is linked to expectancy theory. "According to such a viewpoint, decision makers assess the probability that additional resource allocations will lead to goal attainment, as well as the value of goal attainment (i.e., rewards minus costs), and thereby generate a subjective expected ...

  7. De-escalation - Wikipedia

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    De-escalation refers to the methods and actions taken to decrease the severity of a conflict, whether of physical, verbal or another nature.It is the opposite of escalation.

  8. Cost escalation - Wikipedia

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    Cost escalation can be defined as changes in the cost or price of specific goods or services in a given economy over a period. This is similar to the concepts of inflation and deflation except that escalation is specific to an item or class of items (not as general in nature), it is often not primarily driven by changes in the money supply, and it tends to be less sustained.

  9. Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation - Wikipedia

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    Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation [1] assists in the analysis of conflicts. Appropriate reactions can be derived from this analysis. The model has nine stages – in contrast to the earlier model of Kurt R. Spillmann, [2] which describes five distinct stages of escalation.