“…(G) g : R N × R → R is a Carathéodory function and there exist exponents r and µ in (θp, p * s ) such that for all ε > 0 there exists C ε > 0 and |g(x, t)| ≤ θpε|t| θp−1 + rC ε |t| r−1 for a.a. x ∈ R N and all t ∈ R, and either (i) θp < µ < q and µG(x, t) ≤ t g(x, t) for a.a. x ∈ R N and all t ∈ R, where G(x, t) = t 0 g(x, τ ) dτ , or (ii) q ≤ µ < p * s and 0 ≤ µG(x, t) ≤ t g(x, t) for a.a. x ∈ R N and all t ∈ R. For examples of subcritical nonlinear terms which satisfy conditions (F) and (G) we refer to [10]. The condition, assumed in [36], namely inf{G(x, t) : x ∈ R N , |t| = 1} > 0, is no longer required here and in [10] thanks to the possible presence of the nontrivial nonlinearity f .…”