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: Is cerebral acetylcholinesterase activity decreased in MS patients with cognitive impairment?
Answer: In the patient group regional AChE activities had inverse correlations with Word learning and MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) scores. In the group of cognitively deteriorated MS patients no change in cerebral AChE activity, compared with controls, was observed, but within the patient group more pronounced cognitive symptoms were associated with higher cerebral AChE activity.

Answer: no


Question: Question: Does long-term treatment with methotrexate or tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors increase epstein-barr virus load in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Long-term usage of methotrexate or TNFalpha inhibitors in patients with RA does not significantly influence EBV load in PBMCs.

Answer: no


Question: Question: Is galectin-3 independently associated with cardiovascular mortality in community-dwelling older adults without known cardiovascular disease : The Rancho Bernardo Study?
Answer: Higher levels of galectin-3 are independently associated with all-cause and CVD mortality among community-dwelling older adults with no known CVD at baseline.

Answer:
yes