We introduce the notion of strict f-sequence and apply this concept to study the ÿniteness of asymptotic sets of attached prime ideals of local cohomology modules of M , to study the polynomial property of the length of generalized fractions as deÿned by Sharp and Hamieh (J. Pure Appl. Algebra 38 (1985) 323), and to characterize pseudo-generalized Cohen-Macaulay modules deÿned in Cuong and Nhan (J. Algebra 267 (2003) 156).