The short answer to this question is simply: NO!
A somewhat longer answer is that YADA temporarily adds all necessary directories to your Matlab path and resets it just before it quits. You therefore do not need to add any directory to the Matlab path to use it. Furthermore, YADA is not a toolbox and, hence, most of its functions are not well suited for execution outside the YADA environment.
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