The plastic or metal sleeves at the end of shoelaces are called aglets (or aiglets). Besides making an interesting trivia or crossword puzzle question, aglets have several â¦ functions: They prevent the lace ends from fraying, they make the laces easier to hold, and they make them easier to pass through the eyelets.
A: Doxycycline is a tetracycline-type antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections (e.g., Rickettsial infections, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory tract infections, ophthalmic infections, Anthrax, adjunctive therapy in acute intestinal amebiasis and severe acne, and prophylaxis of malaria).
Doxycycline is indicated for the treatment of the following infections: 1  Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus fever and the typhus group, Q fever, rickettsialpox, and tick fevers caused by Rickettsiae. 2  Respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. 3  Lymphogranuloma venereum caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.