In this paper we study almost uniserial rings and modules. An R−module M is called almost uniserial if any two nonisomorphic submodules are linearly ordered by inclusion. A ring R is an almost left uniserial ring if R_R is almost uniserial. We give some necessary and sufficient condition for an Artinian ring to be almost left uniserial.

We generalize two major ways of obtaining derived equivalences, the tilting process by Happel, Reiten and Smalø and Happel’s Tilting Theorem, to the setting of finitely presented modules over right coherent rings. Moreover, we extend the characterization of quasi–tilted artin algebras as the almost hereditary ones to all right noetherian rings. We also give a streamlined and general presentatio...