Almost Uniserial Modules

An R-module M is called Almost uniserial module, if any two non-isomorphic submodules of M are linearly ordered by inclusion. In this paper, we investigate some properties of Almost uniserial modules. We show that every finitely generated Almost uniserial module over a Noetherian ring, is torsion or torsionfree. Also the construction of a torsion Almost uniserial modules whose first nonzero Fitting ideal is a product of maximal ideals, is invetigated and torsion Almost uniserial modules over an integral domain and a UFD are characterized.