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The boundary value problem \[ x''=f(t,x,x'),\quad 0<t<1,\qquad x(0)=x'(1)=0, \] where \(f(t,x,y)\) is singular at \(x=0\) and \(y=0\), is studied. Assuming that \(f(t,x,y)\in C((0,1)\times(0,\infty)^2,(0,\infty))\) and \(f(t,x,y)\leq k(t)F(x)G(y)\) for some functions \(k(t)\in C((0,1),(0,\infty))\) and \(F(x),\) \(G(y)\) \(\in C((0,\infty),(0,\infty))\) such that \(\lim{G(y)\over y}=0\) as \(y\to\infty\), \(F(x)\) is decreasing and \(F(rx)\leq\varphi(r)F(x)\) for \((r,x)\in(0,1)\times(0,\infty)\), where the function \(\varphi\) is such that \(\varphi(t)k(t)\in L[0,1]\) and using the Schauder theorem, the authors show that the problem has at least one positive \(C^1[0,1]\)-solution.