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The authors study the following problems of calculus of variations: Minimize \[ \int_\Omega f(u(x),\nabla u(x))\,dx \] over the condition \(u\in u_0+ W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)\). The function \(f: {\mathbb R}\times {\mathbb R}^N \to [0,\infty)\) is a continuous function which can be nonconvex with respect to \(\nabla u\), \(\Omega\) is an open bounded subset of \({\mathbb R}^N\). The authors give the proofs of existence results that they have recently obtained, and give also some extensions. The main assumption involves conditions on the behavior of \(q(\eta,\xi)=f^{**}(\eta,\xi) - \langle \nabla_\xi f^{**}(\eta,\xi),\xi\rangle \), over the detachment set \(\{(\eta,\xi)\mid f^{**}(\eta,\xi)< f(\eta,\xi) \}\). For related results, see the paper by the authors appeared in Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 20, No. 3, 301--328 (2004; Zbl 1058.49002).