Let $R$ be an associative ring and $M$ be a left $R$-module. We introduce the concept of the incidence module $I(X,M)$ of a locally finite partially ordered set $X$ over $M$. We study the properties of $I(X,M)$ and give the necessary and sufficient conditions for the incidence module to be an IN-module, -module, nil injective module and nonsingular module, respectively. Furthermore, we show that the class of -modules is closed under direct product and upper triangular matrix modules.

Si considerano le estensioni chiuse $B$ di un $R$-modulo $A$ mediante un $R$-modulo $C$ nel caso in cui $R$ sia un anello semi-artiniano, cioè un anello $R$ con la proprietà che per ogni quoziente $(R{/}_I)\ne 0$ sia soc $(R/I)\ne 0$. Tali estensioni sono caratterizzate dal fatto che $A$ deve essere un sottomodulo semi-puro di $B$.

We provide some characterizations of rings $R$ for which every (finitely generated) module belonging to a class $𝒞$ of $R$-modules is a direct sum of cyclic submodules. We focus on the cases, where the class $𝒞$ is one of the following classes of modules: semiartinian modules, semi-V-modules, V-modules, coperfect modules and locally supplemented modules.