TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: Do several mechanical manipulations of the wall of the inner ear affect air and bone conduction auditory thresholds?
Answer: It is likely that an alternative mode of cochlear excitation is possible.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Is an Ile93Met substitution in the UCH-L1 gene a disease-causing mutation for idiopathic Parkinson 's disease?
Answer: Our study suggested that Ile93Met of UCH-L1 gene did not influence risk of IPD.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Is increased urine semaphorin-3A associated with renal damage in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease : a nested case-control study?
Answer: USEMA is independently associated with CKD in both diabetic and non diabetic hypertensive patients. Further studies may help clarify the mechanisms underlying this association and possibly the pathogenic changes leading to the development of CKD.

SOLUTION:
yes