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Using a fixed point index theorem in cones, the authors prove two existence theorems on positive solutions to the \((n-1,1)\) boundary value problem \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} &u^{(n)}+ \alpha(t) f(u(\omega(t)))= 0, &&\quad\text{for }0<t<1,\\ &u(t)= \varphi(t), &&\quad\text{for }-\tau\leq t<0,\\ &u^{(j)}(0)= u(1)=0, &&\quad\text{for } 1\leq j\leq n-2. \end{alignedat} \] The function \(\alpha(t)\) is assumed to satisfy \(0< \int_0^1 s(1-s)^{n-1} \alpha(s) ds<\infty\), and can have a singularity at \(t=0\) and \(t=1\).