“…For applications we refer to [15], [5]. In [11] and [13], bifurcation of positive solutions for (1.2) was proved assuming that ξ → g (x, t, ξ) /ξ is nonincreasing in (0, ∞) and that g ξ (x, t, 0) belongs to L r T for some r > (N + 2) /2. On the other hand, in [12], existence results of positive solutions for (1.2) were given without monotonicity conditions on g and allowing g ξ (x, t, 0) = +∞, but assuming that inf 0<σ≤ξ (g (x, t, σ) /σ) belongs to L r T for some r > (N + 2) /2.…”