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 older men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres?
Answer: men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres, possibly mediated through psychosocial rather than lifestyle factors or the presence of chronic disease. There may be cultural ethnic and age-related differences in social determinants of health.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Question: Does bispectral index monitoring improve early recovery of geriatric outpatients undergoing brief surgical procedures?
Answer: In this non-paralyzed elderly outpatient surgery population, the use of BIS monitoring for titrating the maintenance anesthetic (sevoflurane) failed to improve the early recovery process.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Do surgery residency curriculum examination scores predict future American Board of Surgery in-training examination performance?
Answer: Within a mature PBC, early performance in a PGY1 and PGY2 PCE is predictive of performance in the respective ABSITE. This information can be used for formative assessment and early remediation of residents who are predicted to be at risk for poor performance in the ABSITE.

SOLUTION:
yes