Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
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Question: Question: Does clinical presentation and disease course of inflammatory bowel disease differ by race in a large tertiary care hospital?
Answer: We identified significant differences in disease characteristics and extraintestinal manifestations between AA and Ca IBD patients in a large tertiary care population. These results have implications for future genotype-phenotype studies.

Answer: yes


Question: Question: Do [ Effectiveness of a suture bridge technique for repair of quadriceps tendon rupture in uraemic patients ]?
Answer: For fewer traumas and early functional exercise after operation, the suture bridge technique benefits functional restoration of knee joint in uraemic patients. Operation chance and age seem to be important factors to the results. Early operation should be considered when quadriceps tendon ruptured.

Answer: yes


Question: Question: Is pre-surgical cortical activation to food pictures associated with weight loss following bariatric surgery?
Answer: We found that neural activity in previously established regions associated with cognitive and behavioral self-regulation predicts weight loss following bariatric surgery. These preliminary findings highlight the role of neural circuitry in the success and maintenance of weight loss and suggest a possible future use of fMRI in screening LAGB surgery candidates.

Answer:
yes