We establish a characterization of dualizing modules among semidualizing modules. Let R be a finite dimensional commutative Noetherian ring with identity and C a semidualizing R-module. We show that C is a dualizing R-module if and only if Tor_i^R(E,
E) is C- injective for all C-injective R-modules E and E and all igeq 0.
Let fa be an ideal of a commutative Noetherian ring R and M a finitely generated R-module. We explore the behavior of the two notions f_{fa}(M), the finiteness dimension of M with respect to fa, and, its dual notion q_{fa}(M), the Artinianess dimensi
on of M with respect to fa. When (R,fm) is local and r:=f_{fa}(M) is less than f_{fa}^{fm}(M), the fm-finiteness dimension of M relative to fa, we prove that H^r_{fa}(M) is not Artinian, and so the filter depth of fa on M doesnt exceeds f_{fa}(M). Also, we show that if M has finite dimension and H^i_{fa}(M) is Artinian for all i>t, where t is a given positive integer, then H^t_{fa}(M)/fa H^t_{fa}(M) is Artinian. It immediately implies that if q:=q_{fa}(M)>0, then H^q_{fa}(M) is not finitely generated, and so f_{fa}(M)leq q_{fa}(M).
